ESTA USA Travel Registration for USA Visits. Travel Visa For America.

Welcome to USA Travel. You can find both serious and good humoured (humored?) information on the USA for tourists, such as History, Cities and Passport information - as well as how to register with ESTA if you are traveling from outside the US. We also have translated Pages here. We will also be adding USA Travel blogs and Airport information, as well as details on how best to spend your money when traveling to the USA. The new ESTA Visa process is much easier and secure for both yourself and the USA customs, and should keep USA travel safer for everyone, as well as cut down on people being sent back home after entering the US by registering online beforehand.

To start with, here is some more information on USA Travel Registration. International travelers who are seeking to travel to the United States under the Travel to USA Visa Waiver Program are now subject to enhanced security requirements. All eligible travelers who wish to travel under the Visa Waiver Program must apply for authorization through a system called ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization)

To strengthen the security of travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, requirements to travel visa-free have been enhanced. Nationals of Visa Waiver Program countries will still be eligible to travel without a visa but will have to obtain an approved travel authorization prior to their travel to the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security and the United States Customs and Border Protection have provided a secure public Web site with an automated form for you, or a third party, to complete in order to apply for a travel authorization. Once you enter the required biographic and travel information on the secure Web site, your ESTA form is processed by the system to determine if you are eligible to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program without a visa. The system will provide you with an automated response, and prior to boarding, a carrier will electronically verify with the United States Customs and Border Protection that you have an approved travel authorization on file.

As of January 2009 You need to Apply for Authorization to travel to the US if:

+ You are a citizen or eligible national of a Visa Waiver Program country.
+ You are currently not in possession of a visitor's visa.
+ Your travel is for 90 days or less.
+ You plan to travel to the United States for business or pleasure.

Is there a fee for a travel authorization?

Currently there is no fee to apply for a travel authorization. There is currently discussion of a nominal $10 fee for ESTA, which has just been passed - under The Travel Promotion Act, (TPA) - at a vote of 79-14 in the US Senate. This $10 fee is set to come in at the end of 2009 to much criticism. The service is still free as of September 2009. After or during the booking of your flight or holiday your travel agent or the website which you booked your ticket on should send you further information pertaining to USA Travel Registration.

ESTA Travel Registration for USA