(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Washington December 09 (QNA) - The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to tighten visa-free travel to the US following the Paris attacks.
The measures would bar people who travelled to Iraq and Syria after March 2011 from the visa waiver programme.People who have visited Iran and Sudan would also need a visa.
The White House-backed bill was proposed because the Paris attackers could have travelled to the US without a visa.
The House voted 407 to 19 in support of the proposed change to visa-free travel.There are 38 nations currently included in the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP). (QNA)