Washington, Amurka – A ranar Litinin, Amurka ta sabatar da jerin kasashen da suka cancanci shirin Visa Waiver Programme na shekarar 2025. Kasar Brittaniya ta kasance ba ta cikin jerin amma har yanzu ana matsawa ga ta a ƙarƙashin sharuddan musamman. Haka kuma, kasashen Afirka kamar Najeriya, Ghana, da Afirka ta Kudu ba sa cikin jerin. Ko da yake yawancin kasashen da suka kasance a cikin shirin har yanzu ba su canja ba, sabatar da Romania cikin jeri ya nuna canji mai mahimmanci.
Shirin Visa Waiver Programme na Amurka ya ba da damar waɗanda suka cancanci daga kasashen da suka amince su zuwa Amurka ba tare da samun visa ba, domin yawon buɗe ido ko kasuwanci na kimanin watanni 90. Hukumar Kula da Kasashen Waje ta Amurka (US Bureau of Consular Affairs) ta bayar da bayani cewa matafiya dole su samu amincewar Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) kafin su tafi. Wannan shiri na shekarar 2025 ya gabatar da canje-canje ga ƙa’idojin samun izini da sababbin manufofin safarho.
Ɗan jaridar da gwamnati, Adekunle, ya bayyana cewa, ‘Shirin Visa Waiver Programme na shekarar 2025 ya nuna ƙoƙarin Amurka na ƙara aminci da haɗin gwiwa da ƙasashen da suka amince.’ Ya kuma ci ya kare yawan kasashen da suka samu damar shiga cikin shirin, inda ya ce hakan zai sauƙaƙe yawon buɗe ido da kasuwanci.
Kasashen da suka samu damar cikin shirin 2025 sun hada da: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Japan, Slovenia, Latvia, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Spain, Lithuania, Sweden, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Qatar, Romania, da Monaco.
