Visa in US

[rainbow6]

DO u need to get a visa to travel to the US and Canada?

[Rod Mac]

Do I need a passport or visa?
British citizens require a full 10-year British passport, but no visa, except for the USA (see below). For certain countries, including USA and Canada, passports must have a minimum 6 months validity remaining before the expiry date.
Travelling to the USA:
The US operate a Visa Waiver Programme (VWP), available to most British Citizen passport holders travelling on business, pleasure or transit from where they normally reside and who intend to stay US for less than 90 days.
From 26 October 2004, all British passport holders, including children, travelling to the USA under the VWP will need their own machine-readable passports (MRP). From 26 October 2004, anyone without a MRP, including children who are currently on a parent�s passport, will need a visa to travel to the USA. Further details on entry requirements for the USA, at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website: www.fco.gov.uk.
All British Passports currently issued in the UK, and the vast majority of those issued at British Missions overseas, are machine-readable. However, some older passports and some issued by British Missions overseas are not. Before travelling to the US and seeking entry under the VWP, you should check your passport. A British Passport is machine readable when the white strip at the foot of the personal data page. If there is no white strip, or the white strip is blank, then the passport is not machine-readable.
Our understanding of the US requirements as they currently stand is:
Machine Readable Passports (i.e. the current type of British passport) issued up to and including 25 October 2004 are valid for visa-free travel to the US until the passport expires.
Machine Readable Passports, issued from 26 October 2004 onwards will need a visa attached by the US Embassy to permit travel to the USA.
Biometric Machine Readable Passports, available from mid 2005 are valid for visa-free travel to the

[rainbow6]

ok so my passport is machine readable and was issued in 1998 so does that then mean i do not need a visa?

[dzug]

What nationality is the passport?????

[dzug]

USA and Canada, passports must have a minimum 6 months validity remaining before the expiry date.


Not true in the eyes of the immigration authorities. Some package holiday companies like to force their clients to unnecessarily renew their passports though.

[rainbow6]

Im British

[dzug]

Then you are eligible to apply for a visa waiver. You don't need a visa.

[spudqueen]

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/rctour.html

[rainbow6]

thank you!! Thats one question of my list haha