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13 Jan 2009
USA, Canada / No US Visa Waiver for Poles - 8/9/07 [96]
comment i got from a site and want to share with all here: owenbloggers.com/isha/2008/10/us-visa-waiver.html
visa waiver program
Here it is again - the Polish are not worth of traveling to the US without a visa. Forget the fact that we are in the EU and that Poles can work anywhere they want within the EU, the US is out of bounds. I guess the fear is that EVERYBODY would enter the US and stay illegally. Newsflash for the US government: everyone who wanted to migrate for economic reasons is either in the US already or working somewhere more pleasant (and closer) like the UK, France or Germany. In Poland there is no plumber in sight, so Joe the Plumber should not feel threatened that his job will go to someone more qualified...
The ever so nice US politicians forget the amount of Polish blood that was spilled in their name and on their soil. Anyone heard of Pułaski? I sure hope so with the number of counties named after him. He was Polish, and died fighting for the Americans at the battle of Savannah. What about Kościuszko? He has a statue on Lafayette Square vis a vis the White House. Another Polish General who fought for America and helped to shape it the way it is today. Would they have put their lives on the line if they needed a visa?
The biggest problem I see with all this is that there are a lot of people in Poland who would like to visit the US out of curiosity, but are unwilling to go through the humiliation of US visa process. Imagine that you have to send in your application with $100, then call a 700* number (yes, that's the sort of a number that all the sex lines have where you pay by the minute) to schedule an appointment, than wait in line on the day and have some grumpy person tell you that you are a cheater and will definitely stay in the US so a tourist visa is not for you. Forget the fact that you have a good job, mortgage, and family here - you are an illegal immigrant waiting to happen. It's even worse if you have family there. You want to go to see your family, but you can't, because you won't get a visa because you have family in the US. I would say that's discrimination, but US government does not discriminate, right?
With all that, as a nation we are worthy of being part of the missile shield, but not worthy enough to travel to the US. Now, where is the logic in that?
comment i got from a site and want to share with all here: owenbloggers.com/isha/2008/10/us-visa-waiver.html
visa waiver program
Here it is again - the Polish are not worth of traveling to the US without a visa. Forget the fact that we are in the EU and that Poles can work anywhere they want within the EU, the US is out of bounds. I guess the fear is that EVERYBODY would enter the US and stay illegally. Newsflash for the US government: everyone who wanted to migrate for economic reasons is either in the US already or working somewhere more pleasant (and closer) like the UK, France or Germany. In Poland there is no plumber in sight, so Joe the Plumber should not feel threatened that his job will go to someone more qualified...
The ever so nice US politicians forget the amount of Polish blood that was spilled in their name and on their soil. Anyone heard of Pułaski? I sure hope so with the number of counties named after him. He was Polish, and died fighting for the Americans at the battle of Savannah. What about Kościuszko? He has a statue on Lafayette Square vis a vis the White House. Another Polish General who fought for America and helped to shape it the way it is today. Would they have put their lives on the line if they needed a visa?
The biggest problem I see with all this is that there are a lot of people in Poland who would like to visit the US out of curiosity, but are unwilling to go through the humiliation of US visa process. Imagine that you have to send in your application with $100, then call a 700* number (yes, that's the sort of a number that all the sex lines have where you pay by the minute) to schedule an appointment, than wait in line on the day and have some grumpy person tell you that you are a cheater and will definitely stay in the US so a tourist visa is not for you. Forget the fact that you have a good job, mortgage, and family here - you are an illegal immigrant waiting to happen. It's even worse if you have family there. You want to go to see your family, but you can't, because you won't get a visa because you have family in the US. I would say that's discrimination, but US government does not discriminate, right?
With all that, as a nation we are worthy of being part of the missile shield, but not worthy enough to travel to the US. Now, where is the logic in that?