United States of America · Travel authorisation
Visa Waiver Program / ESTA
Visa Waiver Program / ESTA (VWP) is issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. VisaAI tracks 7 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.
Last verified against the official source on .
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Requirements change. Confirm every item on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’s own page before you apply.
Conditions you must meet
- Be a citizen of one of the 42 Visa Waiver Program countriesCBP states the count but not the list on this page, and the list is maintained by the State Department on a host that returns 403 to the monitor. No rule is attached, because a rule keyed to a country list VisaAI has not read would either invent membership or silently exclude a genuine VWP national.
- Stay 90 days or less
- Travel for business or tourism only
- Hold an e-passport with an embedded electronic chip
- An approved ESTA does not guarantee admission to the United StatesRecorded so an approved ESTA is never presented to a user as an assurance of entry.
Documents you must provide
- Provide biographic information and answers to the VWP eligibility questions
Steps in the process
- Obtain an ESTA authorization before travelling
Official sources
- How to apply — How to apply, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Official page — Official page, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) — Requirements, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Visa Waiver Program — Eligibility, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Fees — Fees, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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