SNA - Bulgaria to Be Admitted in US Visa Waiver Program in Few Months

From my archive of press clippings:

Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria to Be Admitted in US Visa Waiver Program in Few Months

28 October 2008, Tuesday

The US Administration has made the decision to sign, during the first half of 2009, agreements with some European Union countries for the alleviated issuing of US visas, according to Dragovest Goranov, spokesperson of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.

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Snippet(s):

"Goranov spoke in connection to the statement made by Michael Chertoff, the US homeland security secretary, cited by "Financial Times", that "he expected other countries flagged for entry (in the Visa Waiver program)- Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Poland and Romania - to be admitted in the "next few months".

Goranov explained that after the signing of the so-called Visa Waiver agreement, US visas would still be required for Bulgarians wishing to travel to the US, but would be issued under alleviated conditions."