There were many friendly nations, such as the EU, amazed at the announcement made today by United States Customs and Border Safety. A plan for a traveler levy was announced. This tourist tax will require travelers from 36 nations to pay a $14 “operational and travel promotion” cost to enter the U.S.. The tax could be paid by any person, reports Yahoo! News, that doesn’t have a United States visa already.
If you ask EU, tourist tax is ‘inconsistent with facilitating transatlantic mobility’
There is a really clear opposition to the United States of America traveler levy fee that is an operational and travel promotion fee by the European Union. the fee can be paid by visitors, whether flying or coming by sea. You will find numerous nations involved including Australia, Germany, France, Japan and also the United Kingdom. According to Homeland Security, the tourist tax will cover the previously free Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) process, which checks foreign tourists against no fly lists and terrorist databases. The NY Times reports that vacationers are now required to have Internet access and a credit or debit card so they can go via the ESTA program and shell out the traveler levy. A non-immigrant visa has to be applied for at a United States of America embassy if a traveler is denied by the ESTA. There is one shady part of this. ESTA does not h! ave to tell applicants why they didn’t get in.
What your tourist dollars pay for
$10 is all that is really required for the travel promotion cost however $4 extra is there to help pay for administration, says Homeland Security. It is generally ok if the applicant submits the ESTA application before traveling. Upon approval, ESTA authorization is generally good for multiple entries into the United States within a two-year period, unless the traveler’s passport expires or Homeland Security determines that it is necessary for the tourist to reapply. Additional data concerning the tourist tax (aka the “operational and travel promotion fee”) can be found at CBP.gov, the website for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Further reading
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/national/08062010_2.xml
Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com/s/ynewspoint/20100907/ts_ynewspoint/ynewspoint_ts3556
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