tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33728243.post703975432367644999..comments2024-03-21T00:20:26.738+01:00Comments on Poland-Our Future: Police.Joan and David Piekarczykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08765346132870127606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33728243.post-80321445954119848262014-06-09T08:08:46.381+02:002014-06-09T08:08:46.381+02:00Thanks Michał.Thanks Michał.Joan and David Piekarczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765346132870127606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33728243.post-15189024959493424312014-06-08T22:02:38.404+02:002014-06-08T22:02:38.404+02:00According to what I read, it's not about how m...According to what I read, it's not about how many of people overstay their visas. The condition to join "visa waiver program" is to have the refusal percentage below this particular threshold.<br />When applying for visa, Poles go through this process where it is checked whether their ties to Poland are strong enough to be sure they will come back. People who are in the course of education or have property/family/decently paid job here are usually easily permitted to enter the country. Those who don't should be prepared for refusal.<br />Still to many Poles have their applications denied and that's the main reason we don't travel to America the way many other countries do.<br />But it's not so great with visa-waiver, either. Being a part of it only means getting rid of this consulate/embassy procedure here. You still need to get visa and you get it pasted into your passport at the arrival airport, just like it's done so far (what you apply for in your home country is not a visa, it's just a promise, a permit). Still, the immigration officer may just refuse and put you on the next return flight if he believes you are not "suitable" to stay. So, ironically, making it hard to board the plane actually makes it easier for some to stay in the US. I think it's not entirely wrong that we still need visas (in the popular meaning). It somehow prevents certain people from spending money on two-way ticket to nowhere by telling them they can't go right now instead of after having landed on the other side of the ocean.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08137647700255880481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33728243.post-22963298049748306532014-06-06T06:54:21.299+02:002014-06-06T06:54:21.299+02:00Not necessarily if their return percentage didn...Not necessarily if their return percentage didn't exceed the limit.Joan and David Piekarczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765346132870127606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33728243.post-16712026270392236492014-06-06T01:58:08.107+02:002014-06-06T01:58:08.107+02:00Yes I have heard that story too, but if that was r...Yes I have heard that story too, but if that was really true then the other Eastern European countries would be excluded too.greenbandmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609818392515611957noreply@blogger.com