Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act

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December 11th, 2015 at 5:15:35 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Vistors from Canada and Mexico are treated under their own respective programs. But only about half of temporary visitors (< 90 days) from other countries fill out a visa. For the other half the requirement is waived under the Visa Waiver Program which was established in the early 1980s. IN FY2013 1,257 visitors came from Brunei (a predominantly Muslim country with a Sultan). While the quantity of visitors is insignificant out of the over 50 million that temporarily visit the country, most of them are rich. The poll is will this country be made a test case.
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Nonimmigrant Admissions (I-94 only) by Country of Citizenship: Fiscal Years 2011
Country Year 2011 Percent
Mexico 17,052,559 32.1%
United Kingdom 4,547,728 8.6% MEMBER OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Japan 3,777,643 7.1% MEMBER OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Germany 2,182,441 4.1% MEMBER OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Canada 1,868,179 3.5%
France 1,845,227 3.5% MEMBER OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Brazil 1,539,015 2.9%
Korea, South 1,460,972 2.8% MEMBER OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
China 1,364,078 2.6%
Australia 1,246,091 2.3% MEMBER OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Other 15,698,851 29.6%
Unknown 499,502 0.9%
Total 53,082,286 100.0%
Total Less Mexico and Canada 34,161,548 64.4%
Visa Waiver Program 18,341,539 34.6%


Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for pleasure (WT) ........... 1,149,129 by land 14,556,938 not by land
Visa Waiver Program – temporary visitors for business (WB) ........... 55,777 by land 2,579,695 not by land

34,161,548 Nonimmigrant Admissions from countries other than Mexico and Canada
18,341,539 or 53.69% came under visa waiver program
10,507,812 or 57.29% of visitors under visa waiver program came from UK, Japan, Germany

Quote: The Guardian

By an overwhelming bipartisan majority, the House of Representatives passed legislation intended to strengthen the visa waiver program in the aftermath of attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. The legislation, which was approved by a vote of 407-19, would prevent any foreign national who has visited Iraq, Iran, Syria or the Sudan in the past five years from entering the US without a visa.

The change applies to citizens of the 38 countries that currently participate in the visa waiver program. The program allows citizens of those countries, which includes most of Europe as well as Pacific Rim countries like Australia and Japan, to visit the US for 90 days without a visa.

The proposal also contains provisions to make it easier for the US to remove countries from the visa waiver program if they do not cooperate with law enforcement and the intelligence community.


As we said earlier in Asia Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea are among the 38 countries, but also 5 holdovers from the British Empire Days: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Brunei. Brunei is 2/3 Muslim, but is not normally associated with any radical Islamic groups.

Brunei is more associated with lavish spending, and inviting sexy girls (preferably Penthouse pets or similar) to visit for parties.