Visa Wavier Program - VWP

• Reciprocal travel privileges to United States citizens
• Country has certified a program for issuing electronic passports that containing digital chips to store biographic and other data.
  
  Country will begin issuing e-Passports to its citizens not later than October 26, 2006.
• The U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Secretary of State has determined that the country's designation for the program would not compromise United States law enforcement or national security interests .. which include interests in enforcing immigration laws.

Individuals Who may Benefit from the Visa Wavier Program

• Nationals of the VWP country that issued their passport
• Have a passport lawfully issued to you by a VWP country that is valid for six months beyond their intended visit
• Intend to enter the United States for 90 days or less for temporary business or pleasure
• Have received approval for travel under the VWP via the Electronic System for Travel Authorization prior to your travel to the United States
• Be a national of the VWP country that issued your passport
• Have been checked through an automated electronic database with information about inadmissible aliens to the U.S.
• Have a return trip ticket to any foreign destination other than a territory bordering on the United States or an adjacent island unless:
• They are a resident of an adjacent island
• This requirement is waived by the Attorney General under regulations
• They are a visitor for business who arrives aboard a private aircraft that maintains a valid agreement guaranteeing to transport them out of the United States, if found to be inadmissible or deportable
• Present to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer a completed and signed Form I-94W, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure Form.
• Do not pose a safety threat to the United States
• Do not have failed to comply with the conditions of any previous admission under the Visa Waiver Program;
• If arriving by air or sea, they must arrive aboard a carrier that signed an agreement, "signatory carrier", guaranteeing to transport them out of the United States if found to be inadmissible or deportable;
• Convince the examining CBP Officer that they are clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted; and not inadmissible under section 212 of the Act.
• Waive any right to review or appeal a CBP Officer's decision as to your admissibility, other than on the basis of an application for asylum or an application for withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; and
• Waive any right to challenge your removal, other than on the basis of an application for asylum or an application for withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.