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U.S. to waive visa rules for 7 countries Updated at: 0345 PST, Friday, October 17, 2008
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is poised to remove U.S. visa requirements for the citizens of seven allied countries.
U.S. congressional officials tell media that Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea will be added to the U.S. visa waiver program as early as next month.
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to announce the change Friday. The administration has sought to reward close allies with inclusion in the program.
Those seven countries were widely expected to meet security requirements and be included.
Negotiations have faltered with Greece, the only Western European country not already in the program.
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is poised to remove U.S. visa requirements for the citizens of seven allied countries.
U.S. congressional officials tell media that Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea will be added to the U.S. visa waiver program as early as next month.
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to announce the change Friday. The administration has sought to reward close allies with inclusion in the program.
Those seven countries were widely expected to meet security requirements and be included.
Negotiations have faltered with Greece, the only Western European country not already in the program.
