US Visa Waiver - multiple trips

SW17

callum9999 wrote: »

Unless it's changed recently, it's only for people who have gone through "normal" immigration procedures on a previous trip (I thought that previous trip had to be on the same ESTA but it doesn't seem like that's the case?). You do exactly what you'd normally do with the immigration officer at the kiosk, then it gives you a receipt. You show the receipt to an immigration officer and if they're happy with it you go straight through with no further questions.

Correct. It's called Automated Passport Control (APC). You need to be from a Visa Waiver Program country (such as UK), you need a valid ESTA and you need to have entered the USA since 2008. It does not have to have been on the same ESTA. Further details are here

http://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/automated-passport-control-apc

This also shows the airports where APC is in operation. Note that although New York JFK is included, not all terminals have APC yet (the terminal used by BA does not yet).

As mentioned above by shaun from Africa, even if you don't have a stamp (and they don't stamp on exit from USA anyway), you can check your prior entry/exits from USA at

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html

bairn7

Thanks all.

I've checked the link given above and it has recorded me as leaving the US on the return date of my last trip so question has been answered.

Cheers!