WASHINGTON, DC
The U.S. Travel Association has announced its endorsement of new legislation to help expand the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
The Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act, introduced by Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Reps. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), enhances security measures while extending the VWP framework to welcome additional countries.
Among the legislation's key components are updated eligibility criteria, updated refusal rate criteria, exercise of waiver authority and synchronized probation and termination provisions.
The VWP is designed to improve standards for air security, travel documents and international information sharing, and to stimulate the U.S. economy by removing entry obstacles that discourage overseas travel to our shores.
