Tougher Standards Set for U.S. Visa Waivers, Citing Militant Threat

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has toughened air travel requirements on foreign governments in response to what it believes is the growing threat from fighters who have gone to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State and other groups, senior American officials said Thursday.

The changes will be applied to the so-called visa waiver program that the United States has with 38 countries. The program allows citizens of those countries to enter the United States on visits of fewer than 90 days without being interview

ed for visas at American consulates and embassies. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/world/middleeast/us-visa-waiver-program-europe-radicalization-isis-syria-iraq.html?_r=0

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