nowe przepisy

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Witam
slyszalem ze od 1 stycznia beda obowiazywaly nowe przepisy wjazdowe na
lotnisku w usa np. beda pobierac odciski palcow od kazdego wjezdzajacego a
maksymalny czas pobytu na wizie turystycznej bedzie skrocony do 1 miesiaca -
informacje takie slyszalem jak bylem ostatnio w usa w czerwcu. czy ktos wie
na ten temat wiecej - wybieram sie do za ocean i nie wiem kiedy leciec przed
czy po 1 stycznia 2004.
pozdrawiam wszyskich.

[Gość: swep]

The US has about 45 million visiting per year, and lost
about 5 million visitors from 2000 to 2001.

New rules also will start In March for just visitors.

New French passports already have the biometric info, but the
older one`s do not. This will cause some problems.

Earl

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Soon, new rules for foreigners

Millions of foreign visitors to the United States, already under strict
scrutiny since the 2001 terrorist attacks, soon will have to be
fingerprinted and photographed to get through the nation's airports and
seaports.

On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans for a
high-tech system that will help track the 24 million foreigners who enter
the country with work, student or travel visas each year.

Congress ordered the system after the Sept. 11 attacks, when officials
learned that two of the 19 hijackers had violated the terms of their visas.
The program's goal is to prevent potential terrorists from entering the
country and to register foreigners who are allowed in. It also requires
foreigners to check out when they leave so officials can look for people who
stay after their visas expire.

The program replaces a controversial measure that required people in the
United States from 25 mostly Muslim countries to register with the
government.

Asa Hutchinson, head of border security at the department, called it a
"dramatic step forward" in tightening security.

But airport managers and travel industry officials say they're concerned
that the program will cause delays and discourage tourism. Civil
libertarians worry that the information collected won't stay private.

The first part of the new entry-exit system will be launched at 115 airports
and 14 major seaports on Jan. 5. Border agents will use a digital camera on
a desktop tripod and an electronic fingerprint machine not much bigger than
a pack of cigarettes to collect biometric information. The data will be
compared with lists of known and suspected terrorists and other lawbreakers.
Within seconds, the agent's computer will indicate whether there was a
"hit."

Foreigners from 27 countries deemed low-risk will not have to be
photographed or fingerprinted. But they will have biometric information put
in chips in their passports by late 2004.

The exit part of the new system will require visitors to go to a
self-service kiosk, swipe their passports and provide their fingerprints.
The kiosks will operate at only about 30 airports in January. Officials said
the technology for that part of the program is still being developed.

The most difficult part of the program setting up the system at border
crossings must be done by 2005. It will be complicated and expensive because
there are no lanes or booths for agents to check people on their way out of
the country. Studies show that adding an exit system could add hours of
waiting time.

Congress, concerned about how the program was being managed, cut its funding
this year. President Bush ( news -web sites ) requested $480 million for
2004; Congress approved $330 million.

Rick Webster of the Travel Industry Association said his group supports the
idea of registering foreign visitors. But he expressed concern that there
may not be "enough equipment, personnel and training to support expeditious
processing."

If people face three or four-hour waits at airports, he said, "it only adds
another disincentive for people to come here."