passport traveling to USA

djtezz

am goin to las vegas in march i was wondering if i need a new electronic passport? as i still have 4 yrs on my old passport which does have the chevrons on just not the chip inside


can anyone help

chartreuse_2

You'll be OK with your existing passport.

heatherw_01

If it is the machine readable ones, then you are fine

Kevoh

I assume you are asking because you want to travel without a visa. The key dates are:
- Passport issued b4 October 26, 2005 should be machine readable.
- Issued btwn October 26, 2005 and October 25, 2006 should be machine readable and have a digital pic or a biometric chip
- Issued from October 26, 2006 should be e-passports with a biometric chip and be machine readable.

Although, as it has been stated b4, the above passports meet just one of the many requirements for using the VWP.

If unsure, use the wizard at the US embassy site


http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/visa_wizard.html

pin

Kevoh wrote:

I assume you are asking because you want to travel without a visa. The key dates are:
- Passport issued b4 October 26, 2005 should be machine readable.
- Issued btwn October 26, 2005 and October 25, 2006 should be machine readable and have a digital pic or a biometric chip
- Issued from October 26, 2005 should be e-passports with a biometric chip and be machine readable.

Although, as it has been stated b4, the above passports meet just one of the many requirements for using the VWP.

If unsure, use the wizard at the US embassy site


http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/visa_wizard.html

Hmm, my passport was issued in Feb 2006 and it was machine readable with a digital photo, but not biometric, or e-passport. Also I was in the States under the VWP in September 2006 and had no problems.

Kevoh

pin wrote:

Hmm, my passport was issued in Feb 2006 and it was machine readable with a digital photo, but not biometric, or e-passport. Also I was in the States under the VWP in September 2006 and had no problems.

True. Typo amended.

alanrowell

pin wrote:

Hmm, my passport was issued in Feb 2006 and it was machine readable with a digital photo, but not biometric, or e-passport. Also I was in the States under the VWP in September 2006 and had no problems.

Not sure what your point is - under the rules described by Kevoh your passport is valid for a trip to the US without the need for a visa as it is a) machine readable & b) had a digital picture.

pin

alanrowell wrote:

Not sure what your point is - under the rules described by Kevoh your passport is valid for a trip to the US without the need for a visa as it is a) machine readable & b) had a digital picture.

If you read post 6, you'll realise he made a bit of a typo in what he wrote, and now he's amended it, so my posting doesn't make too much sense, but before the amendement it did.