Visa Waiver program

[Msrobin651 0]

is Philippines included in the Visa Waiver program to travel to the us?

[Scott and Mhay 57]

No...

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html

[Msrobin651 0]

when will Philippines be included in the Visa Waiver program

[RVIANE♛ 5]

when will Philippines be included in the Visa Waiver program

nobody knows when who knows

[idaho_and_surigao 3]

when will Philippines be included in the Visa Waiver program

Most likely never. There is no plan in the works, and the USA is very very selective about the countries to which in adds to the Visa Waiver list.

[Boiler 45,651]

Probably the question should be when would the Philippines qualify to be a VWP country.

Difficult to tell, my guess is not in the life time of anybody on the board.

[Fudpukker 18]

I think if the Philippines becomes a member of the VWP it will become a burden due to too many filipinos will migrate and not want to return back to the Philippines.

[Scott and Mhay 57]

Also I dont see it happening because of the terrorist groups in the PI connected to Al Quida.....Abu Sayyaf and the NPA

Especially as of the last decade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_Philippines

Edited June 2, 2010 by Scott and Mhay

[Psoas10 17]

I think if the Philippines becomes a member of the VWP it will become a burden due to too many filipinos will migrate and not want to return back to the Philippines.

It is happened here already . Well pretty soon half our state will be Ilocano. Then only place Hawaiians will be is in Vegas

[Fudpukker 18]

It is happened here already . Well pretty soon half our state will be Ilocano. Then only place Hawaiians will be is in Vegas

Correct, decades ago many Ilocanos migrated to Hawaii and became farmers and worked in the Sugar plantations, but I believe that was when the Philippines was still a commonwealth and all filipinos were American citizens at the time.

[john_and_marlene 162]

Qualification for the VWP is based on the rate at which visas issued in that country are violated. The Philippines has a poor track record of TNT which makes inclusion in the VWP extremely unlikely and makes it very difficult to even get a tourist visa.

[Puppy eyes 0]

philippines will never be in that waiver program, they like the money they make out of us getting our girls over