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Revamp of U.S. visa rules could mean a windfall

Article by: JIM SPENCER , Star Tribune
Updated: October 5, 2011 - 11:55 PM

Klobuchar cites drag on tourism in sponsoring bill to ease process.

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truthtopowerOct. 5, 1110:56 PM

Maybe next she'll do something about the idiocy of needing a passport to visit Canada and then take on the massive waste that is the TSA. One can hope.

bewilder2Oct. 5, 1111:03 PM

I totally agree. Not only does it take long, but it's expensive too. It's so easy for us to travel to many places without visas, but that may change. Some countries are doing tit-for-tat and require visas, such as Brazil, and others are imposing visa-equivalant fees, such as Argentina at $140 per year. (where their citizens still require visas to enter US).

fatlibOct. 5, 1111:34 PM

If the trip to a consulate is too expensive how can they afford to come here anyway?

purplechinaOct. 5, 1111:39 PM

The rules are one thing but part of the problem is that consular officers aren't the most pleasant folks to deal with and frequently are culled from other "cones" at State because there aren't enough people interested in consular service. So you get people who thought they'd be doing "serious" work only to find that they are clerks and they tend not to be terribly empathetic.

one73rdherdOct. 6, 1112:01 AM

Sure, lets make it easier for terrorists to get in.

sloey51Oct. 6, 1112:14 AM

Just another way for good old Amy to get some more voters in America, who conveniently never leave. All under the guise of "tourism". You just can't make this stuff up. God help us all.

telmanmnOct. 6, 11 2:14 AM

Too hard to get in? Not for the 9/11 idiots.

bejOct. 6, 11 2:26 AM

What a joke. TYoo poor to travel within oown country but they would be tourist that would spend money here? Another politician lying to look like they have an original thought.

nomorepaperOct. 6, 11 4:56 AM

Want to enter the US without a visa? Just walk across the southern border, like millions of others each year.

tawfiqOct. 6, 11 5:51 AM

How do many foreigners enter the U.S. to stay? Visitor visas and the Mexico border.

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