uk-new york

Hi all
I'm wanting to go to New York from the UK for a long weekend and was
wondering if I need a visa to visit the US.
TIA
Andy

aNdy wrote:
I'm wanting to go to New York from the UK for a long weekend and was
wondering if I need a visa to visit the US.

Ignore JohnDoe; he talks ********.

If you carry a normal UK passport then you are eligible for the Visa Waiver
Program. Just show up and smile. See this web page for terms and conditions:

http://travel.state.gov/vwp.html

The note in red about machine-readable passports is out-of-date; this
requirement has been pushed back until 2004:

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...rt.control.ap/

miguel
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"aNdy" wrote in message
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Hi all
I'm wanting to go to New York from the UK for a long weekend and was
wondering if I need a visa to visit the US.
TIA
Andy
Not if you have a uk passport. You have to sign a visa waiver form before
entering the country

JohnDoe wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) wrote:
Ignore JohnDoe; he talks ********.

If you carry a normal UK passport then you are eligible for the Visa
Waiver Program. Just show up and smile. See this web page for terms and
conditions:

if you show up without your waiver all the smiles in the world will do
you no good.

What on earth are you talking about? The waiver forms are handed out on the
plane, and there is a big stack of them in the immigration hall.

miguel
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Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
Site remodeled 10-Sept-2003: Hundreds of new photos, easier navigation.

"aNdy" wrote in message
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Hi all
I'm wanting to go to New York from the UK for a long weekend and was
wondering if I need a visa to visit the US.
TIA
Andy


Don't it depend on your passport?

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:40:50 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote:



Ignore JohnDoe; he talks ********.

If you carry a normal UK passport then you are eligible for the Visa Waiver
Program. Just show up and smile. See this web page for terms and conditions:

http://travel.state.gov/vwp.html

The note in red about machine-readable passports is out-of-date; this
requirement has been pushed back until 2004:

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...rt.control.ap/


Even then the machine-readable requirement isn't likely to cause
problems for UK passport holders. 'Machine-readable' refers to two
lines of text near the bottom of the page with the photo on it, which
as far as I know have been on all normal UK passports since the red EU
ones were introduced around 1990

Martin

"JohnDoe" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:40:50 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote:

if you show up without your waiver all the smiles in the world will do
you no good.

Not really , you just pick one of the green forms up in
the immigration hall at JFK and fill it in.

Been there, done that, got the teeshirt etc.

Keith

well I have the Red passport so do I or don't I need a visa?????






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"aNdy" wrote in message
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Hi all
I'm wanting to go to New York from the UK for a long weekend and was
wondering if I need a visa to visit the US.
TIA
Andy


Don't it depend on your passport?

"aNdy" wrote in message
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well I have the Red passport so do I or don't I need a visa?????


If you are a British Citizen and its a machine readable passport the
answer is no. The only way it will be non readable is if it
was issued by a consulate or embassy, all passports issued
bu UK passport offices are machine readable.

If however your passport describes you as a British Subject,
British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen,
British National (Overseas) Citizen, or British Protected Person
then you are not entitled to travel under the visa waiver program.

If you have been convicted of an arrestable offence (not including
minor traffic offences such as speeding) you will not be entitled
to travel under the visa waiver program

see
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/visa/niv/vwp.htm

Keith

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:05:36 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


SNIP

If you have been convicted of an arrestable offence (not including
minor traffic offences such as speeding) you will not be entitled
to travel under the visa waiver program


Hi

In a recent article in a UK national paper a week or so ago (I forget
which one - Daily Telegraph??), it confirmed the above.

However, it went on to add that according to a statement from the Home
Office to that newspaper, the UK authorities have NO official contact
with the US immigration department, therefore the US authorities have
absolutely no way of verifying whether or not anybody actually has a
criminal record.

Whilst I am certainly not suggesting that "ex-criminals" ignore the
current regulations and I am not an ex-criminal myself I hasten to add
- well, never been caught anyway - this rather intrigued me.

Any comments from anyone??

Regards
KGB