<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Phil:
Brazil is simply applying to American citizens the very same procedure the U.S. applies to Brazilian citizens.
Why should we expect that so many countries, for whose citizens we make visas very expensive and immigration cumbersome and humiliating, should in turn offer American citizens "cheap" visas and no-hassle immigration procedure ? </font>
The difference in in the details. I don't think anyone is complaining that Brasil is taking the pictures or fingerprints, most are complaining that Brasil have not staffed up or put in place an efficient/effective system.
You don't hear horror stories about 4+ hour waits at US entry points (other than IAD of course
), do you?