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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9811

6 January 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Malta joins US visa waiver programme

Brussels, 05/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - From 30 December, Maltese nationals have been able to go to the US without being obliged to present a visa at US customs. On this date, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designated Malta a member of its Visa Waiver Program (VWP). This development occurred just a few days after the ministerial justice and home affairs troika on 12 December in Washington (EUROPE 9804 and 9806).

Malta is therefore the 22nd member state of the European Union to...