Given a travel related situation, and given a specific question about the situation, summarize the question into a title

How long time does it take to get through Immigration at Terminal B in Newark these days?  

Arriving from Oslo, Norway, going to Ft. Lauderdale. I have 1h and 35min.

Immigration delay at Newark airport

I am filling in form IMM5257B for my father. 

There is section 7 Government Positions, where it mentioned as Have you ever held any government positions (such as civil servant, judge, police officer, mayor, member of parliament, hospital administrator)? Do not use abbreviations.

My father was in a government position, but not in any of the positions mentioned within the backets; he was in the government's agriculture deparment. 

I don't think I have to mention his agriculture department experiences in this section but, before submit his application, I just want to confirm.

Is Section 7 is only for civil servant, judge, police officer, mayor, member of parliament, hospital administrator or is it for any/all government positions?

I need clarification of goverment positions question on the Canada visa application

I know that it is more expensive / harder to find a car with an automatic transmission to rent, but why is that the case?

My first guess would be that autos are more expensive to buy, and that any excess wear and tear on the car caused by people who are bad at driving manuals simply doesn't come close to the increased purchase price.

Another option would be that people prefer to drive manuals, I guess?

This answer states that they used to have better fuel economy: What is the most common transmission type for rental cars in Japan? Is that still the reason for primarily offering manuals?

The above question & answers indicate that Japan is now mostly (exclusively?) automatics in the rental market. I believe the same is true of NZ and Australia. Are those countries ahead of the curve, or are European countries behind it?

EDIT: Of course, NZ and AU import a huge number of their cars from Japan, so that's probably trickled on through to the rental market (Japan produces less manual cars, countries can't import as many manuals, less available to buy, rental companies wind up with mostly automatics).


Why is it harder / more expensive to rent cars with automatic transmission in Europe?

