OTish: Visa Waiver Programme Question
Aug 17, 2008, 5:55 am
#31
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Zurich
Programs: BA GGL, TK*G EL, KL P ELPL, ex AB P, ex LH/LX Sen, HHonors D4L, Bonvoy P
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From my experience, I can agree with all that has been said. One minor annoyance is that some of the US border posts charge USD 1 for each the green I-94W form ... It's not a large amount of money, but kind of weird as they charge at random and I've been told by a Washington offical that this is not an official fee ;-(
Aug 17, 2008, 7:30 am
#32
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP 2 MM
Posts: 2,823
From my experience, I can agree with all that has been said. One minor annoyance is that some of the US border posts charge USD 1 for each the green I-94W form ... It's not a large amount of money, but kind of weird as they charge at random and I've been told by a Washington offical that this is not an official fee ;-(
Aug 17, 2008, 7:40 am
#33
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: AS MVP Gold, Marriott Plat, ICH Plat, HH Gold
Posts: 4,392
Aug 17, 2008, 1:09 pm
#34
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,423
No limit in my experience. IIRC my busiest period had something like 4 "visits" (mostly transits) in 4 days.
Aug 17, 2008, 5:22 pm
#35
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Dublin / Zurich
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 179
I now always remove the stub myself. Also you can ask the officer on arrival not to staple the stub, the last officer in LAX offered this without asking as he saw that we were leaving the country again within a couple of hours.
Regarding the 1usd charge for the form, I'm very surprised by this and would be tempted to ask for a receipt, this is the sort of illegal scam which is very popular in 3rd world land border crossings, but not something i would have expected in the US.