Arrival from Luis Gilberto Murillo a United States of America as the ambassador he explained the possible decline long time wait processing American visas suffered by Colombians.

A report from Blu Radio revealed that plans are being developed so that Colombia traveling to the country without having a visa tourism, such as Colombia, citizens of other Latin American countries must meet extensive requirements to visit a North American country, all countries in the region except Chile.

This is because Chile is part of a program that has been approved by Congress United States in 1986 called Visa Waiver or visa “Liberation Program”.

Visa Free Program (VWP), It is administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and allows citizens of 40 countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for a stay of up to 90 days without a visa.

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Instead, it reads on the page of the national security department, that is 40 countries must allow US citizens. Travel to their country for the same period of time without a visa for business or tourism purposes.

The only country in Latin America that is included in the list of 40 countries with Visa Waiver is Chile, in the select list are countries such as UK, Japan, Denmark, Germany and France.

But in Latin America there is another country that has these benefits, and that is Argentina, after all, in 2002 the country lost benefits.

In an interview with EL TIEMPO, Macarena Fernández Undurraga, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidad del Alba in Chile, argued that Chile’s entry into the program was made possible thanks to the free trade agreement signed with the United States.

“When Chile negotiated a free trade agreement with the United States, in the regulations, especially those relating to the business chapter, it was stipulated that Chile would apply for a visa Waiver program for business travel. Program. And it was achieved. This initiative arose more for business than commercial exchanges; however, it works for both, as it replaces the B1 and B2 visas,” explained Fernández to El Tiempo.

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This type of visa is approved in the United States to reduce migration, so that in Chile anyone with a valid passport can process a Waiver visathis is requested via a digital platform, this type of visa allows a stay of 3 months in the United States and must be renewed every two years.