How do the rules governing Estonias inclusion to the Visa Waiver Program differ from those applicable to other countries?
They don’t. Upon admission to the program, those countries just joining the VWP (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, South Korea and Malta) must immediately comply with the new security-related provisions included in the legislation providing for the program’s expansion. The VWP’s existing 27 participant countries will have to meet the exact same requirements in 2009. Uniform security standards are essential because security threats are not confined to particular corners of the globe.
