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Prague- U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic Richard Graber announced that the number of Czech applications for U.S. visas had dropped to 6.7 percent, which might qualify Czechs for inclusion in the U.S. visa waiver regime in one or two years. The 6.7 percent of rejected applications is well below the 10 percent which the recently passed U.S. legislation sets as the upper admissible limit for the visa-free regime.

Graber said all further steps to be taken for the visa duty to be lifted could be fulfilled within the current term of President George W. Bush that expires in January 2009.

Graber told journalists that the steps would definitely take no more than one or two years.

Graber said the Czech Republic and the United States also must reach agreement on a security memorandum.

Also important for the visa waiver regime introduction for Czechs is the completion of the U.S. electronic system that will monitor the arrivals of visitors to the United States.

The Czech government has been striving for the lifting of the visa duty for both tourist and working trips to the Untied States for a long time.

Out of the 27 member countries of the European Union that the Czech Republic joined in 2004, only 15 are included in the visa waiver regime. They are the older EU members with the exception of Greece, and Slovenia from among the new countries.

The new EU countries complain of discrimination because the EU has a joint visa policy and U.S. tourists do not need visas on their trips to the Czech Republic and all other EU member countries.

Author: ČTK From: http://www.ceskenoviny.cz

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