by: Angela Hager
It will now be tougher for people from five countries to visit the United Kingdom. South Africa, Bolivia, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Venezuela all failed security tests by the UK's Home Office. Anybody from these countries will need to be fingerprinted and purchase a visa in order to enter the country, even if they are only visiting for a short time.
Six months ago the 11 countries were told they needed to improve their passport security, or they would enter this list. The five previously mentioned countries failed to prove that their security for obtaining passports had improved.
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said that the government was going to get tough on security and that "Fingerprint visas make up one part of Britain's triple ring of security, alongside high-tech watch-list checks at the border and ID cards for foreign nationals."
South Africa is the fifth largest contributer of tourists after the U.S., Australia, Canada, and Japan.
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