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In total, there are 40 countries that do not need a visa to enter the North American country.
27/2/2023
The United States is an important destination for Colombians living abroad. The ease of joining the labor market, the high value of the dollar compared to the Colombian currency, and the value of hourly pay for jobs that do not require qualification are some of the main reasons why many people decide to emigrate to this country.
In this sense, Luis Gilberto Murillo, Colombian ambassador to the United States, proposed a series of initiatives to the Government of the North American country, among them the elimination of the visa requirement to enter the country.
Now, for Colombia to be part of the select countries that do not need a visa, it must meet a series of conditions, which could take several years to achieve this purpose.
Among the conditions are the issues of national security, bilateral cooperation, migration control, prevention and combat of drug trafficking.
In this sense, the main challenge facing the country is immigration control, since Colombia is one of the nations with the most illegal transit across the borders. In addition, you should improve your vigilance and pay more attention to the problem with drug trafficking.
The decision to enter Colombia in the list of nations with this exemption rests with the President of the United StatesJoe Biden, since it is he who will have the last voice in this long process.
As for the countries that have the benefit of the VWP (Visa Waiver Program) there are 40 and they are the following:
- Andorra.
- Australia.
- Germany.
- Austria.
- Belgium.
- Brunei.
- Chile.
- South Korea.
- Croatia.
- Denmark.
- Spain.
- Slovakia.
- Slovenia.
- Estonia.
- Finland.
- France.
- Greece.
- Hungary.
- Iceland.
- Ireland.
- Italia.
- Japan.
- Latvia.
- Liechtenstein.
- Lithuania.
- Luxembourg.
- Malta.
- Monaco.
- New Zealand.
- Norway.
- Netherlands.
- Poland.
- Portugal.
- United Kingdom.
- Czech Republic.
- San Marino.
- Singapore.
- Sweden.
- Swiss.
- Taiwan.
The mistake that many tourists make in the United States and that could cost them their visa
It is important to know some specifics about the handling of the United States visa, which will prevent people from making mistakes with this document, which have become recurrent.
One of the most common mistakes that many Colombians make refers to the mismanagement of stays in the United States, by people who have a tourist visa. This is how he relates it in an account of TikTok the expert in this type of procedure, Milena Zambrano.
The expert says that people who have a tourist visa valid for 10 years should not leave and enter at any time as they wish, since they must take into account that each time they enter the country, the person receives a stay permit of up to six months.
But it is “up to six months” should not be taken literally: “Do not stay those six months, staying so long in the United States is a reason for not renewing your visa or for not letting you enter on your next trip to the United States.”
In this way, Zambrano recommends that people who have a tourist visa put it to good use so as not to risk the visa being canceled or not renewed at the time of expiration.
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