The reason Poland was not visa free to the US is that they had a problem with visa overstays.
I believe nearly all the other former Eastern Bloc countries are now visa free travel to the US so this was a real embarrassment to Poland.
I say we kick out every refugee and trade them for Polish, Hungarian and Czech.
I believe nearly all the other former Eastern Bloc countries are now visa free travel to the US so this was a real embarrassment to Poland.
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Is this true of Romania, another NATO country?
I don't know why, in this day of computerized everything, the govt can't enter that visa number in a database that would print out all the overstays, which would allow a judge to issue a warrant for their arrest on whatever file the police use to check people out. They would only catch those who sped or committed some minor crime, but just the fact that we kept track of 'em would surely cut into the problem.
To push the envelope, jail time would be the equivalent of their overstay.