First the UK and now the US has tightened their airport security requirements for transit passengers. The US has suspended its Transit Without Visa program (TWOV) and the International-to-International transit program (ITI) which will affect Nepalis travelling through the US to third countries. TWOV has been in force since 1952 for international passengers who were permitted to go through the United States to another foreign country without a visa to stop and change planes. Air passengers using the US for transit purposes will now need a visa. US intelligence believes that terrorists groups have been planning to exploit these transit programs to gain access to the country and its airspace without going through the consular screening process. For us Nepalis it just means even more visa queues.