Travel via a US airport

[lynneritchie]

While visiting Canada from the UK next year I am travelling with friends down to Mexico. This involves a change at Los Angeles airport. Will I need a visa to pass through the US?

[Sylday]

You will almost certainly need the same documentation as to enter the US. However, as long as you're a UK citizen and have a machine-readable passport you should not need a visa, but will be covered by the US Visa Waiver Program - as long as the US doesn't change its entry requirements again before your trip. Keep your eye on the US Embassy website at http://www.usembassy.org.uk/

[becks]

YEs you will, you'll have to be stamped in and out of the state - when i flew home from mexico i waited for AGES at Miami to be stamped in, only to be stamped out three hours later....

[Sylday]

By "visa", I think Becks is simply referring to a stamp in your passport, NOT to the sort of visa that you have to get in advance, which is what I've assumed you mean.

[SteveD]

If you remain in transit at LAX, surely you will not pass through Immigration and therefore will not need a visa, nor get a stamp in your passport. Why not ask the airline?