This year’s BILT NA is in the NA but not the USA. It’s in Toronto. Toronto is in Canada. If you’re from a country that’s not Canada and you want to go to Canada, you’re going to need a passport.
- If you don’t have a passport, now is a good time to apply for your passport. Don’t wait till that last minute and expect a bureaucrat to rush on your behalf (unless you’re prepared to pay more money – there are expediting services).
- If you have a valid passport, now is a good time to check the date to make sure it’s valid through the conference – and then some. Many countries require your passport to be valid beyond your intended stay.
Getting a passport isn’t hard – but the process will take 6-8 weeks (unless you pay extra to have it processed in 2-3 weeks). And the pictures have to be just right. And the paperwork has to be just right. Bureaucrats that don’t have a check box to check get frustrated and will mail the whole submission back to you with…