Mar 5, 2015, 11:25 am
ESTA ("Electronic System For Travel Authorization") see here for threads and Q&A's
Nov 9, 2023, 7:11 am
#347
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Hello,
applied for my renewal ESTA 2 days ago. I see the request is still in pending and I suspect a payment issue/error as below the page I cannot display any details about payment.
That's strange because on the other times the request was immediately approved.
Any clue how to solve it?
applied for my renewal ESTA 2 days ago. I see the request is still in pending and I suspect a payment issue/error as below the page I cannot display any details about payment.
That's strange because on the other times the request was immediately approved.
Any clue how to solve it?
Nov 9, 2023, 11:20 pm
#348
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Im travelling to Jamaica from the UK for winter for three months .
if i travel via the US on the ETSA programme can i stay a week either side of my three months in the Caribbean ?
Id like to visit NYC for a week prior to travelling onto Jamaica ,spend 3 months in Jamaica & spend another week in the US before departing back home to the UK.
Or will i have to tie this travel into 3 months ? I'm hoping I've made sense
if i travel via the US on the ETSA programme can i stay a week either side of my three months in the Caribbean ?
Id like to visit NYC for a week prior to travelling onto Jamaica ,spend 3 months in Jamaica & spend another week in the US before departing back home to the UK.
Or will i have to tie this travel into 3 months ? I'm hoping I've made sense
Therefore for a non-resident of Jamaica who qualifies for ESTA, when leaving the US for Jamaica and then returning to the US, the return to the US would not count as making a new application to enter the US, so the entire US>Caribbean>US trip can only last for 90 days e.g. as described here https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-...ogram/transit/
Nov 10, 2023, 12:04 am
#349
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I'm not sure this is correct, as Jamaica is an "adjacent Caribbean island" for example as defined here https://www.ice.gov/sevis/travel
Therefore for a non-resident of Jamaica who qualifies for ESTA, when leaving the US for Jamaica and then returning to the US, the return to the US would not count as making a new application to enter the US, so the entire US>Caribbean>US trip can only last for 90 days e.g. as described here https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-...ogram/transit/
Therefore for a non-resident of Jamaica who qualifies for ESTA, when leaving the US for Jamaica and then returning to the US, the return to the US would not count as making a new application to enter the US, so the entire US>Caribbean>US trip can only last for 90 days e.g. as described here https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-...ogram/transit/