| The UK border agency has announced that it may | | | | concerns. The assessment found that there was a |
| introduce visas to the UK for visitors from Dominica | | | | need for introducing visas to the UK for a number of |
| and St Lucia, after analyzing the results of a Visa | | | | currently visa free countries, based on the current level |
| Waiver Test on seven countries in the eastern | | | | of risk posed to the UK by sufficient numbers of their |
| Caribbean. | | | | nationals. A UK visa regime is a simple but very |
| The Visa Waiver Test is carried out to determine the | | | | effective immigration, crime and security control |
| risk that a specific countries' citizens potentially pose to | | | | measure. |
| the UK in terms of illegal immigration, crime and | | | | In this case results of the test showed a strong case |
| security, to help decide where visas to the UK may be | | | | for introducing visas to the UK for citizens of Dominica |
| required. | | | | and St Lucia. The UK government will now work with |
| It also helps the government determine whether the | | | | these two countries and try to resolve its concerns |
| visa regimes are in the right places. | | | | with both of these countries during a six-month period. |
| The Test was announced in 2007 when travel from | | | | The final decision on visitor visa regimes will be taken |
| any country beyond the European Economic Area | | | | until the end of the six-month period after all relevant |
| and Switzerland was measured against a range of | | | | factors are considered. |
| criteria including illegal immigration, crime and security | | | | |