Passport Question

[Little Willy]

i renewed my passport in march 2006 but it is not one of the new bio-metric type.I have heard that if your passport is renewed after october 2005 and you want to holiday in the U.S.A. and your passport is not the new bio-metric type then you have to travel to london for a visa at the U.S Embassy. Can anyone tell me if this is correct please because we have a chance of going to Orlando in September.

[dzug]

No it is not correct.

The date it comes in is for passports renewed after October 2006.

You are OK with your March 2006 passport until it expires.

[spudqueen]

Check out http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/niv/mrp_bio.html

[myfringe]

My passport we renewed in March 06 and we've just been to, and returned from New Zealand via LAX.

Ok we only stayed in LA a few hours & didn't leave the departure lounge but we had no problems with my/our passports.