USA Visa Waiver Program Guide
USA Visa Waiver Program Guide
Visa Waiver Program of United States The Visa Waiver Program allows foreign nationals from certain countries to travel to the United States for business or pleasure, for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa.
They must meet all requirements. Travelers must be eligible to use the VWP and have a valid Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) approval prior to travel.
2. Eligibility for Visa Waiver Program
A. National of Member Countries:
Nationals of member countries of Visa Waiver Program can travel without a visa for 90 Days to United States ( US ) . you must be National of of Following Countries can avail Visa Waiver Program
Andorra Australia Austria Belgium ‘ Brunei Chile Czech Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece | Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway | Portugal San Marino Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom |
B. Electronic System for Travel Authorization:
VWP travelers are required to apply for authorization though the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), are screened at their port of entry into the United States, and are enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security’s US-VISIT program.
Visit the ESTA webpage on the CBP website for more detailed information, to apply for ESTA, and pay the fee.
C. Approved Carrier
If arriving by air or sea, you must be arriving on an approved air or sea carrier. You must also have a round trip ticket indicating return passage to a country* outside the United States.
D. Passport Requirements
All Visa Waiver Program travelers to United States ( US ), regardless of age or type of passport used, must present a machine-readable passport. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers’ passports were issued, other passport requirements apply:
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Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended on or after October 26, 2006 requires integrated chip with information from the data page (e-Passport).
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Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended between October 26, 2005 and October 25, 2006 require digital photograph printed on the data page.
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Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended before October 26, 2005have no further requirements.