US ESTA visa
Aug 27th 2011, 9:55 am
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US ESTA visa
I've been living in the UK for 9 years now. I used to have an Indonesian passport and tried to apply for US tourist visa 7 years ago and has been rejected.
I'm British now and have a UK passport. I would like to apply for the ESTA visa. My questions are:
will the previous visa rejection affect my current application?
what do I anwser when asked
Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S. or had a U.S. visa canceled? *
I'll be entering my UK passport details and based on that I've never been denied visa/entry etc.
I'll be travelling with my 2 year old son and don't want to have any problems.
Thanks.
San
I'm British now and have a UK passport. I would like to apply for the ESTA visa. My questions are:
will the previous visa rejection affect my current application?
what do I anwser when asked
Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S. or had a U.S. visa canceled? *
I'll be entering my UK passport details and based on that I've never been denied visa/entry etc.
I'll be travelling with my 2 year old son and don't want to have any problems.
Thanks.
San
Aug 27th 2011, 10:09 am
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Re: US ESTA visa
I've been living in the UK for 9 years now. I used to have an Indonesian passport and tried to apply for US tourist visa 7 years ago and has been rejected.
I'm British now and have a UK passport. I would like to apply for the ESTA visa. My questions are:
will the previous visa rejection affect my current application?
I'm British now and have a UK passport. I would like to apply for the ESTA visa. My questions are:
will the previous visa rejection affect my current application?
what do I anwser when asked
Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S. or had a U.S. visa canceled?
Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S. or had a U.S. visa canceled?
I'll be entering my UK passport details and based on that I've never been denied visa/entry etc.
I'll be travelling with my 2 year old son and don't want to have any problems.
Aug 27th 2011, 10:51 am
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Re: US ESTA visa
You may find crg's post from this thread rather useful:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...94#post9500494
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...94#post9500494
I'd say it's firmly within the category of CIMT.
I just shake my head when people rationalize how they can ignore their past and answer these questions incorrectly because of how much time has passed.
If he went on vacation to Florida at 14 years old, and then were asked at the age of 65 if he had ever vacationed in Florida before, he would readily answer that he had indeed been to Florida. Of course if you ask the same person for some potentially derogatory bit of information such as ever being arrested he would mull it over and say no because it was soooooo long ago.
People do the same thing with visa denials etc when they switch from some other nationality to being British. Have you ever been denied a visa? Hmmmmm..... not since I became British two weeks ago I haven't..... that must be what they mean....... I'll just insert extra words into the question using my imagination so I can say NO to that one..... yeh..... that's the ticket......
What a bunch of rubbish.
I just shake my head when people rationalize how they can ignore their past and answer these questions incorrectly because of how much time has passed.
If he went on vacation to Florida at 14 years old, and then were asked at the age of 65 if he had ever vacationed in Florida before, he would readily answer that he had indeed been to Florida. Of course if you ask the same person for some potentially derogatory bit of information such as ever being arrested he would mull it over and say no because it was soooooo long ago.
People do the same thing with visa denials etc when they switch from some other nationality to being British. Have you ever been denied a visa? Hmmmmm..... not since I became British two weeks ago I haven't..... that must be what they mean....... I'll just insert extra words into the question using my imagination so I can say NO to that one..... yeh..... that's the ticket......
What a bunch of rubbish.
Aug 27th 2011, 11:05 am
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Aug 27th 2011, 11:37 am
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Re: US ESTA visa
Thanks for the replies.
Another question,
if I've been denied ESTA I can still apply for visa. Is it worth to apply for one (visa) ?
The reason I was denied previously is because I was not a permanent UK resident.
Another question,
if I've been denied ESTA I can still apply for visa. Is it worth to apply for one (visa) ?
The reason I was denied previously is because I was not a permanent UK resident.
Aug 28th 2011, 12:50 am
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Update
I applied for the ESTA this morning and it has been approved
Hopefully it'll be a smooth entry
I applied for the ESTA this morning and it has been approved
Hopefully it'll be a smooth entry
Aug 28th 2011, 2:55 am
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