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Passport Information

All passengers must have a machine readable passport, valid for 6 months, upon arrival. By Oct 2006 it is expected that all UK citizens will need a biometric passport to enter the USA without a visa.

Visas

Many overseas visitors are covered under the US Waiver scheme, including most UK, Australian and NZ citizens holding a UK, Australian or New Zealand passport. This means that many visitors do not require a US visa providing:

Duration of stay is not more than 90 days and traveller holds a valid ticket for onward or return travel

Passport is valid for at least 90 days from date of entry into the United States

Travel is for business, tourism or transit only

Traveller is not a journalist on assignment nor an individual seeking gainful employment

Traveller has never been arrested (even if the arrest did not lead to a conviction) and has not been convicted of a crime

Traveller has not been refused entry into or deported from the United States and has not previously violated the terms of admission under the visa waiver program

If travelling on or after 26th October 2004 traveller is in possession of an individual machine readable passport

Traveller completes and presents an I-94W form to the US Customs & Border Protection at the first point of entry into the USA (these forms are available at check-in or on the aircraft) and otherwise be eligible for a visa

For more information visit the US Embassy

Further Information

Under the US Visit scheme and after September 30th 2004 all arrivals in the US under the Visa Waiver Programme will have to - electronically - give fingerprints and have their picture taken. The process takes 15 seconds.

For up to date information about the new finger print and biometric entry procedures into the USA go to DHS Website

More information: U.S. Customs ServiceWebsite

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