The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables citizens of participating countries to travel to the U.S. for tourism or business for 90 days or less without obtaining a U.S. visa. The VWP is administered by the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary of State. The VWp was created by an act of Congress as a pilot program in 1986 and implemented in 1988. Congress passed the legislation to make the program permanent in October 2000, and the President signed the legislation on October 30, 2000.

Currently, there are 28 participating countries in the VWP:

• Andorra
• Austria
• Australia
• Belgium
• Brunei
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Monaco
• The Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Portugal
• San Marino
• Singapore
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• The United Kingdom
• and Uruguay

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