PASSPORTS, VISAS AND HEALTH MATTERS
Your travel agent will be able to tell you if there is any current advice for the countries you are visiting. Alternatively you can contact the Travel Advice Unit on 0845 8502 829 or visit the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at
www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo.
The information in this section is for holders of British Citizen passports only. Anyone who does not hold a British Citizen passport (this includes citizens of British Dependent Territories, citizens who hold their citizenship by virtue of their connection with Gibraltar, British Subjects who have the right of abode in the UK and EC and other nationals) should consult the embassy of the country of destination and the Home Office Immigration Department, to check whether they require special documentation for the countries they are visiting or for return to the UK.
PASSPORTS
issued on or after 26 October 2006 must be biometric if used to travel to the United States.
If your passport is issued after this date and is machine readable but not biometric, you will need to obtain a full US visa.
British Citizen passports issued at embassies overseas may not be machine readable or biometric.
All nationals or citizens of eligible countries who plan to travel to the United States under the VisaWaiver Program (VWP) must obtain an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) approval prior to travel. Please be aware that you must obtain your ESTA approval prior to leaving home as authorisation of applications can take up to 72 hours. There are no facilities available at check-in to process ESTA applications.
Please note that you are unable to enter the United States under the VWP unless you have already obtained ESTA approval prior to travel.
All British Passports must be valid for travel and have at least 6 months validity after you return home at the end of your holiday. All British Citizens require a full 10 year British Passport for all voyages. Children who have been issued passports valid for 5 years are permitted to travel. It is important that names and initials on the passport exactly match those on your tickets.
If you are applying for a new passport, please leave adequate time to complete your application. Please be aware that if you are applying for your first British Citizen passport, you may now be required to attend interviews prior to the passport being issued. For this reason, we would advise all guests in this situation to allow a minimum of six weeks to obtain their passports. For further information, please contact the Identity and Passport Service Advice line on 0300 2220 000, visit the website at
www.direct.gov.uk/passports or email
info@passports.gov.uk. If you DO NOT HOLD A BRITISH CITIZEN PASSPORT, your passport, travel documentation and visa requirements may be different.
VISAS
Obtaining ESTA approval, for most travellers, is easy. To apply for your ESTA, please visit the ESTA website at
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov. A third party, such as a relative or Travel Agent, is permitted to submit an ESTA application on behalf of a VWP traveller. ESTA is currently supplied free of charge via this website, athough this is subject to change at the discretion of the US Department Of Homeland Security. Please do not use any other website as they may charge you a higher fee for the same service. Please ensure you bring your ESTA approval code or copy of the authorisation. This will assist you at embarkation.
For all other nationalities, we strongly recommend you check to see if you are eligible for this program by visiting the US Embassy website
http://www.usembassy.org.uk. If you are not eligible for this programme, you should contact the US consulate or embassy to confirm your individual visa requirements. British Subject* passport holders are required to obtain a full US visa prior to travel.
The visa advice included in this brochure is applicable to British Citizen passport holders only. If you do not hold a British Citizen passport your situation may be different and you should seek advice from your travel agent or the relevant embassy/consulate. Your passport must contain adequate blank pages for any visas and subsequent stamps. We suggest that you bring a few photocopies of the photograph/personal details page of your passport with you. This may be necessary for some ports of call.
UnitedStates ofAmerica (including territories) If issued before 26 October 2005 your passport must be machine-readable. A British passport is machine-readable when there are two lines of letters, numbers and chevrons (
If your passport was issued between 26 October 2005 and 26 October 2006 then it must have a digitally applied photograph (a digital photo is one that is printed on the page, not a photo that is glued or laminated into the passport). At the time of printing this information, any passport that is
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The ESTA travel authorisation is not a visa. It does not serve in lieu of a US visa when a visa is required under US law. Individuals that possess a valid visa will still be able to travel to the United States on that visa for the purpose it was issued, and will not be required to apply for an ESTA.
As part of your ESTA application, you will be required to provide biographical data including name, birth date, and passport information. You must complete all fields marked as mandatory, but you may ignore any fields which are not.
You will also be required to answer VWP eligibility questions regarding communicable diseases, arrests and convictions for certain crimes, and past history of visa revocation or deportation, among others.
An approved ESTA travel authorisation is: * Valid for up to two years or until the traveller's passport expires, whichever comes first
* Valid for multiple entries into the United States * Not a guarantee of admissibility to the United States at a port of entry. ESTA approval only authorises a traveller to board a carrier for travel to the United States under the VWP. In all cases, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers make admissibility determinations at our ports of entry. (For additional information, please visit "Know Before You Go" at
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/travel_news.)
* These are mostly people who were born in British India before 01/01/49 and did not become citizens of India, or who were citizens of Eire and British subjects before 01/01/49 and have made a claim to retain British Subject status. You are able to check your status on your passport information page to the right of the picture.
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