Travel Weekly
Full implementation of ESTA delayed
(20 May 2009)
Full implementation of the US Customs and Border Protection ESTA Visa Waiver Programme has been delayed by up to a year to allow airlines and the public more time to comply with the scheme.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The flagship security project - the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) - is an online version of the I-94 Green Card, which is currently completed by passengers on inbound flights.
ESTA went live in January as planned, but all travellers from the 35 visa waiver countries are still required to fill in the I-94 for the time being."
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By Matthew Hampton reporting from Pow Wow in Miami
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AFP - Bush insists new visa rules for waiver countries not cumbersome
From my archive of press clippings:
AFP
Bush insists new visa rules for waiver countries not cumbersome
Jun 8, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — President George W. Bush argued Sunday that new US regulations for nationals of US visa-waiver countries who want to visit the United States should make trips easier, and not more cumbersome.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The new rules, to take effect in January, will require three days' advance registration and aim to make it more difficult for potential terrorists to enter the United States from various countries, including France, Germany, Switzerland, Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, New Zealand, Japan and Australia.
The government will ask for the same information that travelers currently fill out on the I-94 card which is handed out on the plane and turned in to customs on arrival in the United States.
That includes such information as passport number, country of residence, disclosure of communicable diseases or involvement in terror activities.
Now, however, it will be requested in advance of travel."
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""The visa waiver program was created in 1986 "with the objective of eliminating unnecessary barriers to travel, stimulating the tourism industry," and allowing the government to "focus consular resources in other areas," according to the State Department website."
AFP
Bush insists new visa rules for waiver countries not cumbersome
Jun 8, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — President George W. Bush argued Sunday that new US regulations for nationals of US visa-waiver countries who want to visit the United States should make trips easier, and not more cumbersome.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The new rules, to take effect in January, will require three days' advance registration and aim to make it more difficult for potential terrorists to enter the United States from various countries, including France, Germany, Switzerland, Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, New Zealand, Japan and Australia.
The government will ask for the same information that travelers currently fill out on the I-94 card which is handed out on the plane and turned in to customs on arrival in the United States.
That includes such information as passport number, country of residence, disclosure of communicable diseases or involvement in terror activities.
Now, however, it will be requested in advance of travel."
&
""The visa waiver program was created in 1986 "with the objective of eliminating unnecessary barriers to travel, stimulating the tourism industry," and allowing the government to "focus consular resources in other areas," according to the State Department website."
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