LatinNews Daily - 07 April 2016

Chile: On 28 March Chile’s foreign ministry announced that travel by Chileans to the US was up 25% in 2015 as a result of the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) implemented in 2014. According to a foreign ministry press release, since the introduction of the VWP, a total of 350,000 Chileans have visited the US. The programme, which also benefits 38 other countries, allows citizens to travel to the US for a maximum of 90 days without obtaining a visa prior to their arrival. Chileans travelling to the US for recreation, tourism, business, or for education purposes are only required to present a valid passport and authorisation from the Electronic System Travel Authorization (ESTA). The programme charges US$14 per application compared to the visa process which costs US$160. According to the ministerial press release, an estimated 220,000 US citizens travelled to Chile in 2015, up 15% on the previous year. Chile is the only Latin American country currently included in the VWP.

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