Visa for USA?

empfun

Hi people!

I plan to visit the USA for holiday for a few weeks. Will I need a visa? Thank you!

jillie1974

you should be ok with the visa waiver as long as you do not have a criminal record or have ever been arrested. you wil also need to provide detaisl of where you will be staying in the us (first few nts i think is all they need)

monkeyspanner

Essentially if you have a UK passport valid for the duration of your intended stay(some posters/travel agents) say 6 months validity needed) and no criminal convictions you should be able to enter on the visa waiver program.

More detail on the USA embassy site or do asearch of the forums as this has been answered in loads more detail on other threads.

M4RKM

things you need for a visa waiver..

machine readable passport
address for 1st night
return ticket (i got asked before)

empfun

Thanks very much for your replies! I will look into the visa waiver program in more detail.

dzug

monkeyspanner wrote: »

Essentially if you have a UK passport valid for the duration of your intended stay(some posters/travel agents) say 6 months validity needed) .

It's strange why they say 6 months as the US visa waiver rules actually say 90 days - and then go on to say that for most eligible passport holders (including UK) that it doesn't matter if your passport is valid for less than 90 days - you'll just be given leave to enter until it expires rather than the full 90 days.

glitzy

The visa waiver, generally you get on the plane/checking-in. It is a green form that you fill in for customs when you get to usa.

Have a nice day now!

er_indoors

So, are you saying that if anybody has ever been arrested for whatever reason will not get into the U S A ?

I can understand for some crimes they would reject you, but what if it were a minor thing for eg spent convictions 20 or 30 years old.
Non payment of fines, or I dont know non payment of maintenance.

Is it a blanket ban?

Just curious, also do you have to fly there to find out you will be refused entry.


It seams we in the U K will let everybody in no matter what.

Voyager2002

er_indoors wrote: »

So, are you saying that if anybody has ever been arrested for whatever reason will not get into the U S A ?

I can understand for some crimes they would reject you, but what if it were a minor thing for eg spent convictions 20 or 30 years old.
Non payment of fines, or I dont know non payment of maintenance.

Is it a blanket ban?

Just curious, also do you have to fly there to find out you will be refused entry.


It seams we in the U K will let everybody in no matter what.

If you have ever been arrested then you must apply for a visa. That means they can decide whether they want to allow you in. People whose crimes were trivial, or those who turned out not to be guilty, are likely to be given a visa.

And here in the UK, we do NOT let anyone visit. In my experience (China and the Philippines) it is generally easier to get a visa for the USA than for Britain. My sister-in-law was twice refused a British visa: she is a hospital consultant and her husband, also a high-powered doctor, was working here for six months.

For an account by someone from Canada who was not allowed in to the UK, see
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid=25&threadid=1447062&messid=12756639&STARTPAGE=1&parentid=0&from=1