On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:57:24 +0200, andrel wrote:

> On 23-Jul-08 21:54, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:40:09 -0500, Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Huh?  Our border folks ask for *credit card info* upon entry to the
>>>> US? That's news to me....But I always go through the "citizens" line,
>>>> so I'm not as familiar with what the process is for non-citizens.
>>> 	Citizens of some countries (now all except for a few?) are
>> required to
>>> go through what was once called "special registration" when they enter
>>> the US. You know - that program they started in 2002 to register all
>>> non-permanent residents of certain countries residing in the US?
>>> Offshoot of that. Credit card info was very often asked in those
>>> sessions. I haven't asked anyone whose come in recently, but it
>>> wouldn't surprise me if they still ask that often.
>> 
>> Ah, I see - I hadn't heard of that before, at least not in this
>> context. Is this what's called the "Visa waiver program"?
> 
> LOL, no, but it could be.

Who knows, maybe now TPTB have seen the suggestion and it'll show up next 
year.  You heard it here first - and from someone with absolutely nothing 
to do with it. ;-)

Jim

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