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> It's supposed to be reciprocal but the ESTA is a Visa The thing is that, other countries looked at the US and instead of making US honour the reciprocal agre

> It's supposed to be reciprocal but the ESTA is a Visa The thing is that, other countries looked at the US and instead of making US honour the reciprocal agreements, they reciprocated by creating non-visa visas of their own. Now, Canada has eTA, Asutralia has ETA, New Zealand has NZeTA, Schengen area is rolling out ETIAS, ... So yes, there was a brief period of time when visa waivers became non-reciprocal. Now the reciprocity has been restored, but not to what it was before, instead to a new normal. We as the citizens are worse off and the governments have more power in this new normal.

nicolas_t 6y ago
Yes and that's a real shame. Visa free was nice while it lasted... As a European, I'm appalled at the bullshit justification shown on https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/etias/ https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/etias/ "The main reason for the approval of the ETIAS authorization is security. With the increased risk of travellers worldwide, the EU wants to ensure safe travels in its countries. " The increased risk of travellers worldwide? What increased risk... That's just using a baseless assertion and basing the entire argument on that.
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