Visa Waiver Program

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The Visa Waiver Program of the US government allowed it since 1986 citizens of selected countries without visa for a stay of up to 90 days in the United States to enter.

requirements

  • The traveler must be a citizen of one of the 39 participating countries.
  • Since 2006 it is required that the person has a biometric passport .
  • Since 2008, passengers who do not travel by land have to have their journey approved in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). Such a permit currently costs 14 US dollars .
  • After the attack on the Bataclan , a tightening of the law came into force in 2016, according to which visa-free travel is no longer possible for travelers who have traveled to one of the following countries since March 1, 2011: Iran , Iraq , Sudan , Syria , Somalia , or Yemen Libya . This does not apply to journalists or people who have traveled on behalf of international or humanitarian aid organizations. Citizens of the countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program who also have Iranian, Iraqi, Sudanese or Syrian citizenship are also excluded.
  • Since 2019, travelers who have visited North Korea as tourists since March 1, 2011 have also been excluded from the visa waiver program.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visa-waiver-program.html
  2. ↑ a b nonimmigrant visas. U.S. Embassy in Austria, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b United States implements changes to Visa Waiver Program. US Embassy Berlin, February 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b Dagyum Ji, Oliver Hotham: Recent visitors to North Korea no longer eligible for visa-free entry into US In: www.nknews.org. August 6, 2019, accessed October 5, 2019 .