All Questions
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Does flying to New York to join a cruise ship leaving from Brooklyn on the same day count as transit for ESTA purposes?
I am travelling on a scheduled flight from London arranged by the cruise company who will be providing a shuttle bus directly to the ship.
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How to answer transit question in ESTA application?
A friend is trying to complete the US ESTA application for a trip to Mexico.
They will be flying in to LAX and then driving to Mexico the same day, and on their trip home they'll be driving from ...
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Travel from London to Mexico City with stop in Dallas, Texas
I plan to travel from London to Mexico city on 31st August. Looking at flights American airlines seems to be cheapest option. However I am very confused at the stopover in Texas Dallas / Fort Worth.
I ...
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Family holiday to Florida 9 days then onto Mexico for 5 days.. Have we wrongly applied for transit?
We are now worried that we have wrongly completed our Esta's as we clicked yes for transit and now thinking we may have got this wrong. We will have proof that we booked 2 nights in Hard Rock hotel, ...
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ESTA help please! [duplicate]
I am flying to Vancouver and staying in a hotel for three days before boarding a cruise ship to Alaska. The cruise ends in Anchorage and I fly home via Seattle to Heathrow the same day. Do I say ...
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Do cruise passengers answer In Transit on the ESTA application?
We will be travelling on a cruise ship from the UK to New York, going ashore for a couple of hours then departing same day to the Caribbean visiting various countries, returning to New York, going ...
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What should I put in ESTA if staying in the US for a few days before going on to Canada?
I am about to apply for my US ESTA, and there is a question asking if the travel to the US is in transit for another country. I am planning to fly to New York from the UK, stay for a couple of days, ...
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Time left on an ESTA [duplicate]
I am a UK citizen with an ESTA valid until August 2019, I'm flying into the US in June 2019, then driving into Canada for 2 weeks, and then back to the US for another week.
Will there be any ...
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Transit or visitor when travelling through Newark en-route to Canada - with a stop in US on return journey
I shall be travelling to the US and Canada this month, and have a query about US customs. We are British citizens both with ESTAs, so are eligible for VWP, this question is not about visa requirements....
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Can I stay in the US for a few days if my ESTA was indicated for transit?
I have an aproved ESTA (the second one) and I clicked that I´m going to transit this time. Can stay a few days in US? I have to wait 1 day for the next flight.
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Is 1h30 enough time at Chicago O'Hare for transit between 2 international flights for a non-US citizen with ESTA?
I am planning a trip for 2019, and the absolute best result on all points (price, duration, hours of departure/arrival) means taking an international plane landing at Chicago O'Hare only to get 1.5 ...
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Should I update or get a new ESTA? [duplicate]
I have a specific question about ESTA.
In April of 2017, I traveled from Argentina to Japan, but I made a stopover in Atlanta. So I had to get the ESTA. The thing is that at the time in the travel ...
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Travelling to USA and Mexico as a UK citizen
I'm a UK citizen travelling to the US for tourism in October 2018 and I will be there for 8 days from the 16th October 2018; from there I will be onward travelling to Mexico City for a further 7 days ...
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Do I need an ESTA for a connecting flight to Mexico? [duplicate]
I'm flying to Mexico and I have a connecting flight over Philadelphia (e.g. Munich -> Philadelphia -> Cancun).
My stop in USA is about 4 hours, and I am not planning to leave the airport during that ...
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Irish / EU citizen transiting through the US with connecting flights [duplicate]
My mother is shortly about to be doing the longest traveling she has ever done and is exceptionally worried because she is doing it solo.
She is traveling to San Jose, Costa Rica from Dublin, ...
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Using ESTA a second time - first for tourism, now for transit
In April 2015, I traveled from Brussels to New York (tourism) after successfully applying for ESTA. Today, my ESTA is still valid (I checked via the official website). On 22 February 2016 I will be ...
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Can I acquire a second ESTA a month after the first ended for the purpose of transit?
I'm going to New York next month and I already have an approved ESTA. Because of the ESTA rules that say I need proof of onward travel, I'm going to book a flight to Brazil or somewhere in South/...
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How long is the time allowed between exit and re entry from the U.S on an esta visa? [duplicate]
I have a valid two year Established Visa,and I would like to exit the U.S for a month, and then return after one month, but i was told i needed three months between exit and re entry. Can someone ...
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In transit in US, or not, for ESTA?
We fly from UK to Canada, then after a few days we travel to Alaska for a cruise. When the cruise finishes in Alaska, we travel back to Canada and then home. In applying for our ESTAs, I said we will ...
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United Airlines' online check-in procedure : "stay" or "transit" for one night?
I have booked flights which involve me transiting through the USA (Newark) en route to Costa Rica. My itinerary includes an overnight stay in New York; I'll be spending the night with relatives.
I ...
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Transiting US to Korea with ESTA
I visited(with ESTA) U.S. June-Sept(about 85 days) 2013 and revisited U.S. in Jan 1st 2014 and planning to go to Guatemala on March 27th.
I'm planning to travel Guatemala for about 10 days and ...
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Do I need an ESTA for changing airplanes in Puerto Rico?
I'm a European citizen (from Germany) and I have a flight from Germany to Chile via Puerto Rico soon. I have a three hour stay at the airport and need to change the airplane (and flight operating ...
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ESTA for Outward & Return transit. UK-USA-Costa Rica
We are travelling from UK to Costa Rica via USA. We have ESTA transit visas for the outward transit. Do we need to apply again when in Costa Rica for ESTA in order to complete transit on return leg to ...
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