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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by B1
visa issuance upon entry to the US (I took someone with a UK passport across the border and we were all sent to secondary as he had to have a visa issued).
Why would a Brit on what I presume is a tourist trip for less than 90 days need a visa to enter the US, regardless of whether it is by plane, ship, train, bus or personal vehicle?

Originally Posted by B1
Finally, when you leave the US you must have the exit visit stamped and submitted- failure to do so will have them hounding you.
Aren't the green forms previously used for visa waiver countries a thing of the past now?

Can someone explain to me why passport + ESTA + printout of return itinerary wouldn't be enough, just as when arriving by plane?
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