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USA: General Accountability Office publishes two reports on Visa Waiver Scheme

01 September 2006

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Stronger Actions Needed to Assess and Mitigate Risks of the Visa Waiver Program

Process for Admitting Additional Countries into the Visa Waiver Program

At present citizens of 10 EU member states (the 10 new members minus Slovenia plus Greece) have to apply for visas to enter the USA - those from the other 15 member states come under the "Visa Waiver Scheme". The USA is refusing to budge on the issue - see the background reports above - and the EU is threatening to take retaliatory action by requiring US diplomatic personnel to apply for visas. A European Commission spokesperson said there cannot be a "second or third division" of EU countries.

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