Originally Posted by
Goldorak
There is no US immigration officers at CDG
Originally Posted by
cedricgerald
There are US DHS people at CDG but I don't believe they take care of ESTA.
Indeed, no US immigration officers at CDG. Would be nice do pre-clearance like in Canada, Ireland or Abu Dhabi, but no such thing in CDG.
The people that say they work "for the US government": maybe that has changed but the last time I dealt with someone like that it was a lady from greater Paris whom I guess has not seen the US more than three times in her life (if at all) and that barely spoke English. Still she wore a fancy uniform and said that she worked for the US government.
In any case, as pointed out by above posters, no help with ESTAs by staff at CDG.
Originally Posted by
Goldorak
Someone mentionned an ESTA made at the airport on departure date, I thought that ESTA MUST now be made at least XX day(s) before the flight. (Can't remember the number of day, could be 1 or 2).
I think they
advise 48 hours. But usually the confirmation pops up immediately. Maybe the 48 hours is to give them time to look a little closer at some applications, with 99% of others clearing immediately. Just a guess though.