How do honoraria and expense reimbursements affect a foreign scholar?
Honoraria and travel expense reimbursements affect scholars differently, depending on their visa type. TOURISTS: Non-resident aliens who enter the United States as tourists with one of the following visa statuses are eligible to receive payments of honoraria and travel reimbursements: B-1 Visitor for business, B-2 Visitor for tourism, WB Business visitor visa waiver, and WT Tourist visitor visa waiver. Payments may be made only in the following circumstances: • Non-resident aliens with any of the above visa statuses may accept an honorarium payment and associated incidental expenses (this includes food and housing) for usual academic activities, which last no longer than nine (9) days at any one US educational or research institution. The non-resident alien also must not have accepted honoraria and/or travel expenses from more than five (5) such US institutions within the previous six months. • Non-resident aliens may also accept reimbursement of travel expenses if the same criteria in
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