On 1/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gerd Stolpmann</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:info@gerd-stolpmann.de">info@gerd-stolpmann.de</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Am Donnerstag, den 25.01.2007, 23:43 -0500 schrieb Markus Mottl:<br>&gt; Most &quot;older&quot; EU-countries (this is definitely true for France) qualify<br>&gt; for the Visa waiver program.&nbsp;&nbsp;This means if you are e.g. a French
<br>&gt; citizen, you only need a valid passport to stay up to 90 days in the<br>&gt; US.<br><br>This is not true. The US are picky about which passports they accept.<br>You need a passport of the newest generation (with biometrics features)
<br>- older ones, although being valid, are not accepted.<br></blockquote></div><br>This is not quite true.&nbsp; Only newer passports (younger than 26 October 2006) have to be biometric.&nbsp; The link to the government page in my previous mail details the different passport requirements depending on the date they were issued.&nbsp; I&#39;ll put an entry concerning travel requirements into the FAQ.
<br><br>Please mail me without CCing the list if there is more to discuss on travel requirements.<br><br>Regards,<br>Markus<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Markus Mottl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ocaml.info">http://www.ocaml.info
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