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| Domain | Definition |
Immigration | Allows citizens of certain selected countries, traveling temporarily to the United States under the nonimmigrant admission classes of visitors for pleasure and visitors for business, to enter the United States without obtaining nonimmigrant visas. Admission is for no more than 90 days. The program was instituted by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (entries began 7/1/88). Under the Guam Visa Waiver Program, certain visitors from designated countries may visit Guam only for up to 15 days without first having to obtain nonimmigrant visitor visas. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The last decade has shown consistent growth in the number of Norwegians traveling to the U.S. since the Visa Waiver program was introduced in 1990, it has been more convenient for them to travel to the U.S. and stay for up to three months without a visa. The Visa Waiver program applies to all Norwegian citizens, whether their travel is for business or vacation. (references) | |
Economic History | Portugal | Since August, 1999, when Portugal qualified for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, inbound tourism from Portugal to the United States has skyrocketed.:Between 1998 and 2000, the number of Portuguese tourists traveling to the United States increased by 28.6 percent. (references) |
Argentina | The tourism visa waiver program for Argentine citizens has contributed to an increasing number of tourists traveling to the U.S. Additionally, the launch of Chicago and Atlanta as gateways in addition to Miami and New York, should contribute to further growth in the number of Argentines traveling to the US. The Open Skies Agreement, between Argentina and United States has been a key factor in increasing Argentine tourism into the United States. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
visa waiver program | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 49 53 41 57 41 49 56 45 52 50 52 4F 47 52 41 4D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01001001 01010011 01000001 00100000 01010111 01000001 01001001 01010110 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01000111 01010010 01000001 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V I S A   W A I V E R   P R O G R A M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0049 0053 0041 0057 0041 0049 0056 0045 0052 0050 0052 004F 0047 0052 0041 004D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)564353352573543563952250524941523547 |
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