Visa Waiver Program Visitors
Before traveling to the United States, a citizen of another country generally must obtain from the U.S. Department of State a nonimmigrant visa for temporary stay or an immigrant visa for permanent rip residence. However, many countries participate in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
To participate in the VWP you must be a citizen or national of one of the following participating VWP countries:
* Only British citizens with the unrestricted right of abode in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
**Citizens/nationals of Slovenia must use only the red cover Slovenian passport for admission into the United States under the VWP.
***Citizens/nationals of these countries must present an electronic passport.
All applicants for admission to the United States under the VWP must: • Have an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) prior to boarding a carrier to travel by air or sea to the United States. See ESTA, page 9.
• Be entering only as a visitor for business or pleasure for 90 days or less.
• Arrive by air or sea on a carrier that is signatory to a VWP country, and must possess a return ticket to any foreign place/port other than Canada or Mexico or an adjacent island (unless the traveler permanently resides there).
• Prove economic solvency and a foreign residence to which they intend to return.