1. pants

Electronic Travel

Authorization (ETA) System:

a. Pursuant to Section 711 of

the "Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission

Act of 2007, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intends

to develop and implement an Electronic Travel Authorization

(ETA) system to collect electronically such biographical and

other information as the Secretary of Homeland Security deems

necessary to determine, in advance of travel, the eligibility

of a citizen of the Republic of Latvia to travel to the United

States without a visa under the VWP and whether there exists a

law enforcement or security risk in permitting the citizen to

travel to the United States without a visa under the VWP.

b. Upon implementation of the

ETA system, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of

Latvia understands that all citizens of the Republic of Latvia

traveling to the United States for business or tourism under

the VWP will be required to use the ETA system.

c. The Participants, in

cooperation with other competent domestic authorities, intend

to make a joint outreach initiative, working with

representatives of the travel and tourism industries, to ensure

that citizens of the Republic of Latvia are aware of the

obligation to use the ETA system when traveling to the United

States under the VWP, and to provide them with information

about how to use the system.