Originally Posted by
SAllen
I am flying to the US from the UK in a week's time. I have an ESTA for travel to the United States under the VWP. It will not expire till later this year. However, there is a change in the country where I live - from my home country (VWP eligible) to the UK, where I am a student. Does this mean I have to apply for a new ESTA?
Everything else remains the same - only 'country where you live' has changed
I'd recommend asking this question somewhere else rather than in the UA forum; we're not experts on this, and asking for advice on dealing with INS bureaucracy on the internet is iffy at the best of times.
However, I will note that the INS doesn't necessarily interpret "country where you live" in the same way that a sane person would. I, for instance, have lived in the United States for the last six years, but the "country where I live" is my home country (Australia). I tried putting "United States" there once, years ago, but the border guy made me change it; I'm merely a visitor in the United States on a succession of J1 and E3 visas, I do not officially "live" here. (Though I still pay taxes here at resident rates
).