The Embassy is located in Aoukar, off the Dbayeh Highway, facing
the Aoukar Municipal Building. The Consular Section provides full
Nonimmigrant Visa Services for Lebanese Citizens and other nationals
who hold Lebanese residency.
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Passport Requirements — |
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Effective Oct. 26, 2004,
visa waiver travelers from all 27 Visa Waiver Program countries
must present either a machine-readable passport or a valid
U.S. visa. Travelers with a valid U.S. visa will not be required
to have machine-readable passports.
In addition, as of September
30, 2004, all VWP travelers arriving at a U.S. port of entry
will be required to enroll in US-VISIT, a program involving
a digital photograph and fingerscans. In a related item, President
Bush signed into law a 1-year extension for the date countries
are required to produce biometric passports in order to remain
eligible for the Visa Waiver Program, delaying the requirement
until October 2005.
· For complete information
on U.S. visa requirements, including studying, doing business
or just visiting, please visit http://www.unitedstatesvisas.gov/
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2004/35066.htm
· For a complete list of Visa Waiver Countries, visit
http://travel.state.gov/visa/tempvisitors_novisa_waiver.html#2
· To visit the U.S. Consular homepage, please visit
http://travel.state.gov/
Machine-readable passports
allow data in the passport to be scanned automatically by
a machine. The two lines of printed OCR-B machine-readable
data (circled in red) are the most noticeable features of
a machine-readable passport. (DoS Photo)
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