Will the Dominican Republic qualify for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program by 2020?

Question

I mean by then it will be more developed and will have a per capita income close to $20,000. It's also a stable democracy. I don't see why not. At the pace the country is developing I don't expect people to wanna overstay their visas if they come to the US in 12-15 years or so. What do you think?

Answer 1

yeh most likely

Answer 2

Ola Pa'lante,

Si, estamos progresando muy bien.

L'Antipodien

Answer 3

If they could meet the following requirements by then they will be able to enter under the Visa waiver

provide reciprocal visa-free travel for U.S. citizens (90 days for tourism or business purposes);

issue secure machine-readable passports that satisfy internationally accepted standards;

certify that they have a program to incorporate biometric identifiers into their passports in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization standards;

certify that they report the theft of blank passports on a timely basis to the U.S. Government, and do so in practice;

The country must have a very low non-immigrant refusal rate (as explained in Section 217 (c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act); and  

The incidence of nationals of the country traveling as non-immigrant visitors who are denied admission, withdraw their application, and violate the terms of a VWP admission is less than two percent of the total number of non-immigrant nationals traveling to the U.S. during the previous fiscal year.