Bush keeps Poland off visa list

The Washington Times ^ | October 17, 2008 | Nicholas Kralev

[Hostage]

I know for a fact that the Baltics must send their people to the US Embassy in Warsaw to get their biometric and green card interviews.

I doubt that those countries are yet equipped to meet the new passport standards.

[kabar]

The Department of Homeland Security recently signed the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Malta, and Korea government representatives. These MOU's do not admit these countries into the Visa Waiver Program; they are agreements for further cooperation on the security provisions that are required under the new VWP law. They are only a first step in working out details for the entire array of security and information sharing commitments found in VWP law. Important Note: At the present time, citizens of the above countries continue to require a U.S. Visa for travel to the United States

Visa Waiver Program - How a Country Qualifies

[Hostage]

Thank you. That clears up the subject immensely.

[Kozel89]

The Polish press got it right and reported just the facts about the Congressional mandate. Too bad, the Wash Times fell into the same old “Blame Bush”game.

http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/foreign-affairs/?id=93578

[warsaw44]

This is a friggin joke. Thanks Bush.

[Freelance Warrior]

I read on the Internet Poland holds next turn together with several other Eastern-Europeans countries. If it’s true, no reason to moan here.