American senators for Poles' easier travel to US

Radio Polonia ^ | 10.02.2006

[lizol]

American senators for Poles' easier travel to US

10.02.2006

American senators have declared support for a program liberalizing visa regulations for Polish students and scholars. However, the senators did not pledge to present a concrete draft bill to this effect in US Congress yet.

President Lech Kaczynski met with representatives of the Democrats and Republicans for what analysts describe as an honest and concrete exchange of arguments on the liberalization and even scrapping of the US visa regime with respect to Poles.

[LauraleeBraswell]

I wonder why Poles specifically? I mean, why not Latvians or Estonians?

[monkeywrench]

I'd read it's because they haven't got the visa security system we require in place.

[Dark Skies]

I wonder why Poles specifically? I mean, why not Latvians or Estonians?

Because, it is true what they say about the Poles!

[kaiser80]

lol!!!

[Dark Skies]

See #4

Isn't that true?

[sockmonkey]

I would gladly waive visa requirements for Malta, and Poland, and I would reinstate visa requirements for France-if it were up to me, anyway.

[paul51]

The Poles have been steadfast and loyal allies and friends. Let them in.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

For sure I wouldn't want any Iraq veteran of the Coalition of the Willing to have trouble getting a green card.

Honorable discharge from the US military is grounds for application for US citizenship, after all . . .

[Pio]

"The Poles have been steadfast and loyal allies and friends. Let them in."

The US (rightly) has been using visa like a carrot and stick. The Philippines got a boost in visas but then their President Arroyo caved into communist and Mohammedan pressure and went sour on Iraq. Guess what...the US pulled the plug on the visas.

The Executive Branch can manipulate the INS and State Department a million ways. (I know this from personal experience.

[paul51]

The US (rightly) has been using visa like a carrot and stick. ........ The Executive Branch can manipulate the INS and State Department a million ways. (I know this from personal experience.

Nothing wrong with that. Reward friends. Punish enemies

[Kozik]

What's the point with post no. 4?

[anonymoussierra]

Niew wiem, ale....

Everyone can walk that way, can they? (*dark skies*)

[kaiser80]

A pole =(post) slup m (stick) drag m

I find it funny to see a bunch of Santas dressed in white and red on the poles, also painted in white and red. You know, Poles and poles. Polish and shue polish. :)

[AlexW]

When president Bush was here in Slovakia last February, he said that visa requirements for Slovaks would also be relaxed, but to my knowledge, nothing has changed.

Just to visit the American Embassy here is disgusting. I have to stand in the cold for 30 min. just to get in the front door, and I am an American citizen.
It is the only embassy in Bratislava that is surrounded by an ugly channeling fence.

Slovaks come from the other side of the country just to apply for a tourist or business visa, and they go through
Hell, just to be rejected.

Amazing that Mexicans and terrorist can flood over the boarder with no problem, but let an upstanding person from central Europe apply for a simple tourist visa, and they get rejected for no reason.

It is a real black eye for the US.

[Kozik]

Oh yeah, I get it :)