Poland nearly ready for US Visa Waiver Program: Pence

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday he was glad that Poland was nearly ready for America's Visa Waiver Program.

US Vice President Mike Pence at a press conference in Warsaw on September 2, 2019.

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“I am pleased to see that Poland is nearing eligibility for the Visa Waiver Program,” Pence said during talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.

The US ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, has vowed to help lift visas for Poles travelling to America by the end of 2020.

The threshold for a country to enter the US Visa Waiver Program is a 3-percent refusal rate.

Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Croatia are the only EU member countries not included in the waiver programme.

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Source: PAP/Reuters