Visa Information

Greece follows the Schengen Agreement provision and the subsequent acquis concerning short term visa issues stays up to three (3) months in the Schengen area. Holders of regular passports from the rest of the world need a visa in order to visit Greece (and the Schengen area).

A visa is not required for many non-EU countries representing MobileHCI authors: USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand. Click this link for more information about the countries requiring or not requiring a Visa.

Visa Support Letter

Please contact the Greek Embassy or Consulate in your Country to see if you need a visa to travel to Greece.

For visa support letters, refer all requests to supportletters@acm.org. Please allow up to 10 business days to receive a letter. All requests are handled in the order they are received. The information below should be included with the request:

  • Your name as it appears on your passport.
  • Your current postal mailing address.
  • The name of the conference you are registering for. Only accepted authors may request a visa support letter prior to registering for the conference.
  • Your registration confirmation number.
  • If you have any papers accepted for the conference, please provide the title and indicate whether you are the “sole author” or a “co-author”.
  • Authors may indicate their paper title. If no paper, speakers can provide the title of their presentation.

ACM does not provide letters for transport of vendor or presenter equipment. ACM suggests shipping the materials insured to the conference facility.