Subject: Re: Visa Waiver Program<br/>
Date: Nov 07, 2002 @ 02:38<br/>
Author: Karolis B (&quot;Karolis B&quot; &lt;kbajoras@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1675158547">Thanks for the link, Kevin! Very interesting material.<br/>
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I see what you&#39;re saying about Greece. What I don&#39;t get is how they <br/>
got into EU in the first place. I mean, it would make sense if they <br/>
were joining now, with Cyprus and Malta, but back then...<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Maybe they don&#39;t have machine-readable passports ;-)<br/>
 </span></blockquote>:) Yeah, right. It&#39;s probably refusal rates. I emailed the consualr <br/>
bureau asking if they had a table for last year, but no reply yet. Or <br/>
it could be lack of initiative from the other countries concerned. I <br/>
mean if Brunei can get this, why not Samoa? And talking about MR <br/>
passports, how did then Norway and Ireland get into VWP with their <br/>
handwritten! passports? And how is UK in the program, they don&#39;t <br/>
ensure thorough control of their borders, I went from UK <br/>
(nonSchengen) to France(Schengen) without anyone ever asking me for <br/>
identity, and I&#39;ve had chances to observe the kind of &quot;inspection&quot; <br/>
performed in the EU/EEC/Switzerland immigration line in Gatwick - the <br/>
right cover does it. Well, I&#39;m not saying these countries shouldn&#39;t <br/>
be in VWP, they certainly should, but official requirements just as <br/>
certainly aren&#39;t being met. As for Slovenia, I guess they got in <br/>
under the probationary program. Maybe that&#39;s why the probationary <br/>
program is no more :)))<br/>
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Sorry, if I&#39;m getting too irrelevant to borders</div>