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reorg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 10:26 PM
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10. so I googled again and found:
You may travel visa free if you meet all of the following requirements:

You have your own passport (everyone, including children, is required to have his or her own passport to travel VWP)
Children's passport (Kinderreisepass) issued after 25 October, 2006 and all Children's ID (Kinderausweis) require a visa and are not eligible for the VWP. Children must have their own e-passport to travel VWP.
You are traveling for business, pleasure or transit only.
Your intended stay in the US does not exceed 90 days.
You must hold a valid return or onward ticket. Onward tickets may not end in Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.
You will enter the US aboard an air or sea carrier that has agreed to participate in the program. This applies to most airlines and shipping companies.
Private or official aircraft or vessels do not meet this requirement. You will need a visa if you travel on a private plane or yacht.
Your passport is valid for the duration of stay in the U.S.

http://germany.usembassy.gov/visa/vwp/



VWP Bedingungen

Sie können ohne ein Visum in die Vereinigten Staaten reisen wenn Sie:

Staatsangehöriger eines der am Programm beteiligten Länder sind und mit einem gültigen Reisepass einreisen.
Kinderreisepässe, die nach dem 25. Oktober 2006 ausgestellt oder verlängert wurden, und Kinderausweise können für die visafreie Einreise NICHT benutzt werden. Jede einzelne Person, einschließlich Babys und Kleinkinder, benötigen einen eigenen Pass.
als Tourist oder Geschäftsreisender einreisen möchten.
sich nicht länger als 90 Tage in den USA aufhalten.
im Besitz eines Rückflug- oder eines weiterführenden Tickets sind (weiterführende Tickets dürfen nicht in Kanada, Mexiko oder der Karibik enden).
in die USA mit einem Transportunternehmen einreisen, das vertraglich an das Programm zur Visumbefreiung angeschlossen ist. Dies sind die meisten Flug- und Schifffahrtsgesellschaften. Wenn Ihr Transportunternehmen nicht dem Programm für visafreies Reisen angeschlossen ist, benötigen Sie ein Visum. Dies gilt auch für die Einreise mit einem privaten Flugzeug, Schiff oder einer Militärmaschine.
einen Reisepass haben, der für die Dauer des Aufenthaltes gültig ist;
das VWP-Informationsblatt (pdf) gelesen haben.

http://german.germany.usembassy.gov/visa/vwp/


These are the official embassy sites in English and German. No indication whatsoever that journalists are treated differently, in fact, I have informed myself occasionally of the requirements to enter the US from Germany and never found any hint regarding that matter. The information is quite clear, if you only plan to stay for up to 90 days, on business or leisure travel, you don't need a visa, period.

Even at your American site, it is stated that only journalists

" ... working under contract on a product to be used abroad by an information or cultural medium to disseminate information or news not primarily intended for commercial entertainment or advertising. Please note that a valid employment contract is required" ... "may be denied admission".

Nothing about "permanent denial", except if "Attempting to obtain a visa by the willful misrepresentation of a material fact, or fraud" ... which is obviously not the case since she didn't attempt to obtain a visa in the first place.
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