U.S. Expands List of Visa Free Countries

Filed in archive News on November 21, 2008

Reuters is reporting that citizens of seven more countries can now travel to the U.S. without having to obtain a visa ahead of time - something that could save them both time and money.

The New countries added to the visa-free program in the U.S. are the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea. Citizens of these countries can now obtain a 90-day entry document to the U.S. online without waiting for a visa to be approved. The document is called the ESTA - the Electronic System for Travel Authorization.

Six more European countries are being considered for the program. They are: Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta and Romania.

Already on the list of countries whose citizens don't need visas to visit the U.S.: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, , Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.


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