Travelling to the US and Visas

[Enclave Supremacy]

The ESTA website is giving me a headache so I figured I'd just ask some of the people here. I'm spending 31-days in the US in May. I have an approved ESTA Application and I'm travelling from the UK. Do I need a Visa? Because none of these government websites can just say Yes or No it seems.Why the British Consulate for the US website has something about Chinese Passport holders on it I don't know.

And more specifically. Say during those 31 days I exited the US for a couple, maybe a quick jaunt into the West Indies whilst I'm in the Florida region. Can I just come back in again on the Esta/Visa?

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

I'm not 100% sure but I think if you're from a Western European country we like you don't need a visa beforehand, at least if your stay is for less than 90 days. You just get a standard tourist one when you go through customs.

Not sure at all about leaving and then coming back before your visa is up though. You'd prolly need one for whatever island country you visited.

 

[Gym Leader Elesa]

The ESTA website is giving me a headache so I figured I'd just ask some of the people here. I'm spending 31-days in the US in May. I have an approved ESTA Application and I'm travelling from the UK. Do I need a Visa? Because none of these government websites can just say Yes or No it seems.Why the British Consulate for the US website has something about Chinese Passport holders on it I don't know.

And more specifically. Say during those 31 days I exited the US for a couple, maybe a quick jaunt into the West Indies whilst I'm in the Florida region. Can I just come back in again on the Esta/Visa?

I have never heard of someone needing a visa for just 31 days, unless they're a third-worlder. Of course, you are from the UK so you're fine. The maximum is 90 days before the U.S. government starts asking questions. That said, people go over that all the time and they aren't too likely to care as long as you're white (I wouldn't risk it, though.)

The ESTA does not terminate if you enter adjacent islands or territories as long as you are not a legal resident of those territories.

Sources: The ESTA website, my father who is an immigrant, and the fact that I'm eligible for like a billion citizenships, have too many passports and travel documents, and end up having to do this shit all time.

Spoiler: ESTA Eligibility

You are eligible to apply for admission under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) if you:

• Intend to enter the United States for 90 days or less for business, pleasure or transit
• Have a valid passport lawfully issued to you by a Visa Waiver Program country
• Arrive via a Visa Waiver Program signatory carrier
• Have a return or onward ticket
• Travel does not terminate in contiguous territory or adjacent islands unless the traveler is a resident of one of those areas
• Are a citizen or national of one of the Visa Waiver Program countries listed below:
  
  • Andorra
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brunei
  • Chile
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia

  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan

  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Portugal

  • Republic of Malta
  • San Marino
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan[1]
  • United Kingdom

 

[yasscat]

Yeah, you need to have an ESTA, but you don't need a visa. (source: mr. bumbleby lives in the UK and has to get an ESTA every time he comes stateside to visit me)