Do i need a visa for the US if im traveling from the UK to Canada and have a layover
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if i book flights from UK to Canada but have a change over in Chicago will i need a visa?
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Do nationals or citizens of countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program require travel authorization if they are only transiting the United States in route to another country?
Eligible nationals or citizens of countries that participate in the Visa Waiver Program require either a travel authorization or a visa to transit the United States. If a traveler is only planning to transit through the United States en route to another country, when he or she completes the travel authorization application in ESTA, the traveler should enter the words "In Transit" and his or her final destination location in the address lines in the Address While In The United States field on the application.
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The advice about ESTA assumes you have a passport from a country that is eligible for the scheme.
Your use of the term "visa" might suggest you are not holding a british passsport.
The basic premise is that the US treats people in transit as if they were attempting entry so you need whatever your passport requires, either ESTA or the approaprite visa (B2?)
Your use of the term "visa" might suggest you are not holding a british passsport.
The basic premise is that the US treats people in transit as if they were attempting entry so you need whatever your passport requires, either ESTA or the approaprite visa (B2?)
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Im hold a Dutch passport and my hubby a British one (and babygirl british too) x
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The esta lasts for a few years doesn't it... Is there any way to know whether one I got a couple of years ago is still valid?
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it is two years I believe
you should be able to go to the website and plug in your details.
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
i think there is a help file as well
you should be able to go to the website and plug in your details.
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
i think there is a help file as well
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Waiver is good for 90 days. There has been talk of them accepting the ESTA at land borders as they are valid for 2 years. Need to confirm that with USCBP.
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As an ex-military man, could I apply to join CBSA after one year as PR? Interested to know your background and how you got into CBSA, I can pm you if you prefer?
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Thanks, your a star and a busy one at that, always reading your posts where ever I go on this forum, well done, no "I" in your team. That's good to know, always wondered why people were going on about $6 to enter US, last year we drove down to Fargo, used our ESTA. If we don't have PR by the time we land in Aug, we will have to do a border run to activate our COPR.......when we get it, so our ESTA will still be valid from last year.
As an ex-military man, could I apply to join CBSA after one year as PR? Interested to know your background and how you got into CBSA, I can pm you if you prefer?
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As an ex-military man, could I apply to join CBSA after one year as PR? Interested to know your background and how you got into CBSA, I can pm you if you prefer?
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As soon as you get PR you could apply immediately for CBSA though priority is usually given to Canadian citizens. I got hired as a PR but that was almost 24 years ago. Only drawback to joining today is you will have to work until you are 65 and they can send you anywhere in Canada. Lots of applicants from the Toronto area are now discovering what rural Saskatchewan is like :lol
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Thanks, your a star and a busy one at that, always reading your posts where ever I go on this forum, well done, no "I" in your team. That's good to know, always wondered why people were going on about $6 to enter US, last year we drove down to Fargo, used our ESTA. If we don't have PR by the time we land in Aug, we will have to do a border run to activate our COPR.......when we get it, so our ESTA will still be valid from last year.
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Even if your ESTA is still valid you'll still need to pay $6 per person. Only you don't need to fill in the info. Having said that we have valid ESTAs and still needed to fill in the I94 additionally to paying the $6. Only time you don't pay is within 30 days from returning from the States via plane and ESTA the US border officers told us.
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