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Under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, travelers in the following categories must obtain a visa prior to traveling to the United States as they are no longer eligible to travel under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP):- Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country).
- Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Cuba on or after January 12, 2021 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country).
- Nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria. [/QUOTE]
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Thanks PANDAPERTH - yep I have had to get paper visa's for the last 10yrs and I get pulled into secondary processing by CBP about 50% of the time. I visit or transit the US 3 or 4 times a year so it is a PITA bacause the wait times in secondary can be 30mins to 2hrs, sometimes causing connecting flight misses (I now allow extra for this). I once had a really nice supervisor at the CBP counter in DFW who said he'd done something to the system to hopefully stop it happening. Alas it made no difference. To be fair the CBP officers that call you up to the counter when you sit in secondary processing are always very nice and literally rubber stamp me through in about 2 mins - they have clearly seen my scenario many times. But what I can't get straight from any of them is why 50% of the time I am waved through and not sent to secondary processing.
The CDG-MIA looks to be seasonal on AA so might end up swapping out CLT or JFK if needed, both have onward to SJO as well.