Article: The Fayetteville Observer, N.C., Live Wire column.

By Catherine Pritchard, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 11--VISA OR SCANNABLE PASSPORTS NEEDED:

QUESTION: Upon arriving back in this country from France, I was told by an airline hostess that any of my relatives who want to visit me here will have to get a U.S. visa first. They'll be here for less than three months. Is this correct?

--E.C., Fayetteville

A: Yes, unless your relatives have machine-readable passports -- or unless they can get a one-time exemption at U.S. customs to enter this country without a visa or a machine-readable passport.

We're assuming that your relatives are ...

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