Forbered deg på din ESTA
Planlegging av en reise til USA innebærer å navigere gjennom ulike visumkrav og autorisasjonsprosesser. Det elektroniske systemet for reiseautorisasjon (ESTA) er et avgjørende skritt for reisende fra land som deltar i Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Dette online søknadssystemet, tilgjengelig via den offisielle ESTA USA-nettsiden, avgjør besøkendes berettigelse for korttidsopphold i USA uten behov for visum. Ved å søke om ESTA via regjeringens nettside kan reisende effektivisere sin innreiseprosess og sikre overholdelse av amerikanske visumbestemmelser.
I tillegg til ESTA, kan reisende også støte på programmer som Global Entry, som tilbyr raskere inngang til USA ved å forhåndssikkerhetsklarere kvalifiserte deltakere. Å navigere gjennom visumkravets og elektroniske autorisasjoners kompleksiteter sikrer en jevn og problemfri reiseopplevelse, noe som gjør det mulig for besøkende å fokusere på å nyte tiden sin i USA.
To qualify for admission under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), you must meet the following criteria:
1. Your purpose of entering the United States is for tourism, business, or transit, and the duration of your stay does not exceed 90 days.
2. You possess a valid passport lawfully issued by a participating country in the Visa Waiver Program.
3. You arrive on an airline that is a signatory of the Visa Waiver Program.
4. You have a return ticket or onward travel arrangements.
5. Your trip does not conclude in a contiguous territory or adjacent islands, unless you are a resident of one of those areas.
6. You are a citizen or national of one of the following Visa Waiver Program countries:
– Andorra
– Australia
– Austria
– Belgium
– Brunei
– Chile
– Czech Republic
– Denmark
– Estonia
– Finland
– France
– Germany
– Greece
– Hungary
– Iceland
– Ireland
– Italy
– Japan
– Latvia
– Liechtenstein
– Lithuania
– Luxembourg
– Republic of Malta
– Monaco
– Netherlands
– New Zealand
– Norway
– Poland
– Portugal
– San Marino
– Singapore
– Slovakia
– Slovenia
– South Korea
– Spain
– Sweden
– Switzerland
– Taiwan[1]
– United Kingdom
7. A United States Customs and Border Protection inspection agent determines that you are admissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act and eligible for admission under the Visa Waiver Program.
8. You waive any right to reconsideration or appeal of the decision made by the United States Customs and Border Protection agent regarding your admissibility or any expulsion measure resulting from an application under the Visa Waiver Program, except for those based on an application for asylum.
9. Upon arrival in the United States, you provide biometric identifiers (such as fingerprints and photographs) during the admission process, reaffirming your waiver of any right to reconsideration or appeal of the eligibility decision made by the United States Customs and Border Protection agent, or any expulsion measure resulting from an application under the Visa Waiver Program, except for those based on an application for asylum.
10. You do not pose a threat to the welfare, health, safety, or security of the United States.
11. You have complied with all admission requirements during your previous visits under the Visa Waiver Program.
Forsikre deg om at du trenger en ESTA og ikke en ETA (For å komme inn i Storbritannia https://eta-official.com/) eller ETIAS (For å komme inn i Europa http://etiasofficial.org/).