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Visa Waiver Program

The visa waiver program may be used for the same purposes as a B‑1 business visitor or B‑2 tourist visa. This program waives the requirement to first obtain a visa at a U.S. consulate. Instead, the visitor may fly to the U.S. and apply at an inspection point for entry into the U.S. The immigration inspector will make an immediate decision whether to issue an I‑94 entry card, and there is virtually no appeal of a negative decision. This program is only for visitors from certain countries where there has been traditionally low fraud. The I‑94 entry card will be issued for ninety days, and no extensions or changes of nonimmigrant status are allowed (except for “immediate relatives” of U.S. citizens who might be eligible to seek immigrant status).