The different United States Visa
Waiver Programs:
- The United States (the 50
States, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) has had the Visa Waiver Program
since 1986. It allows the citizens of: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Brunei, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland
(starting November 11, 2019) Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United
Kingdom (only for British citizens) to visit the US (the 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico and the US
Virgin Islands) for up to 90 days by registering with ESTA (Electronic System
for Travel Authorization) and paying $14.
- Canadian citizens have never
needed a visa to enter the US (the 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin
Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa) and can stay
for up to 6 months with no ESTA.
- Citizens of Bermuda using the
Bermudan Territorial Passport (and not the British Passport) can stay in the US
(the 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands) for up to 90 days with
no ESTA.
- The citizens of the Compact of
Free Association countries: the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau do not
need a visa to enter, reside, study, and work indefinitely in the United States
(the 50 States, DC, Puerto Pico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam or the Mariana
Islands) with no ESTA.
- The citizens of: the British
Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands do not need
a visa to enter the US (the 50 States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands)
if they arrive by air, have a police certificate and use their territorial
passport (not the British Passport) with no ESTA.
- The citizens of the Bahamas can
enter the US (the 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) if they
have a police certificate and arrive by air from one of the two Pre-Clearance
Airports (Nassau and Freeport) with no ESTA.
- There is a separate Visa Waiver
Program for the US Territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. It was
created in 1988 and the citizens of the US Mainland Visa Waiver Program
(Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Chile, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United
Kingdom) along with the citizens of: China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nauru, Papua
New Guinea and Russia to visit those two US territories for 45 days with no
ESTA.
There is a separate Visa Waiver
Program for the US Territory of American Samoa and the citizens of the US
Mainland Visa Waiver Program except those from Ireland (Andorra, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom) can visit for
30 days with ESTA. Citizens of Samoa can visit for up to 30 days with no ESTA.
- US Citizens and Nationals can
enter, reside, study, and work indefinitely in the US Territories of: Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa (with no Passport needed if flying
directly from the US Mainland or another US Territory.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Waiver_Program
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