As the issue went to press, another report arrived: the United States is going to forcibly photograph all visa entrants, take their fingerprints and scan their documents. According to Gazeta.Ru, the…
The US authorities want to seriously complicate the procedure for obtaining an American visa. Now almost all applicants for entry into the US will be required to be called for an interview at the…
The US government officially presented the new design of the 20-dollar banknote. As Rosbalt reports, a live broadcast of the presentation from the US Bureau of Monetary Mission was organized in…
US aviation authorities have allowed animals in airplane cabins to provide 'emotional support' for passengers. As AP reports, from now on cats, monkeys, dogs and some other animals will be able to…
Within the next five years, new high-tech foreign passports will be introduced in the G8 countries. As Gazeta.Ru reports, the chips embedded in the documents will record data on citizens'…
The presentation of the new US dollars, which had to be postponed due to the outbreak of the war in Iraq, is scheduled for May. The new 20-dollar bills themselves, which have already been dubbed…
An American immigration court has ordered the deportation of 79-year-old Nazi criminal Theodore Shchekhinsky from the United States. As Vremya Novostei reports, he was accused of serving in the SS…
American pilots on domestic flights are now allowed to go on duty armed. This measure, as BBC reminds, was proposed after the attacks of September 11, 2001 and should help prevent attempts by…
The US Federal Reserve presented new dollar bills, in which shades of pink and cream will fill the white uncolored background. The designs and size of the banknotes remain the same to maintain…
A new website of the U.S. Department of State, "Destination USA" www.unitedstatesvisas.gov, has opened on the Internet, providing complete information about legal ways to enter the country.
An electronic system for detecting harmful chemical and biological elements has successfully passed testing at San Francisco Airport. The new electronic system was developed over two years in strict…
After the start of the war in Iraq, the United States decided to increase the attractiveness of its country in the eyes of foreign tourists: in April, a forum is planned at which this problem will be…