User talk:John Quincy Adding Machine/May2009

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Just to let you know the rerasons behind the non-colouring of Australia : While US government currently regards the ETA as sufficiently visa free for Australians to qualify for the VWP for political reasons, the Australian version is not completely equivalent of the US one, there is a fee charged for it's issuance. The latter fee was the reason why the EU pressured Australia into setting up a seperate system for Europeans, the eVisitor visa which is free. Visas - especially on-arrival visas - are issued in a variety of ways - anwhere from just paying a fee (Turkey) to massive paperwork (Saudi Arabia). There is no way to set a clear standard when the amount of "hassle" passed the "no-longer-visa-free" mark. Therefore the maps usually list all countries that charge any type of entry or visa fee or (in rare cases) require the traveller to fill out visa application forms for free on-arrival visas, as non-(visa)-free, which seems to be the only neutral way to do it. Passportguy (talk) 14:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)