Visa-free travel to the US is becoming a reality

Initially, the visa waiver program is to be administered for a period of  two years. Poland is not named in the text of the amendment, which states that the countries eligible for the program are the ones aiding the American military operation in Iraq (at least 300 soldiers). Furthermore, the country must not endanger the national security of the US. Poland is the only country in the world fulfilling the above mentioned requirements. The name of the country might have been left out of the amendment in order not to cause any tensions between the US and other countries striving to receive the waiver of visas. The amendment was drafted by a Senator of Polish origin, Barbara Mikulski. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 11) A.M.