Travelers
from 27
countries may be eligible to travel using the Visa Waiver
Program. Effective October 26, 2004, U.S. law required that
each Visa Waiver Program (VWP) traveler present a machine-readable
passport or obtain a nonimmigrant visa. VWP travelers from
Andorra, Belgium, Brunei, Liechtenstein, and Slovenia have
been required to do so since 2003. A list of countries participating
in the VWP are located here.
If you do not have a Machine Readable Passport (MRP), you
must obtain a U.S. visa. As of October 26, 2005, MRPs issued
after October 26, 2005 will be required to contain a digitized
photo or contactless chip that contains the data from the
biopage of the passport. VWP travelers with MRPs issued
before October 26, 2005 do not need to obtain new passports
or visas in order to travel to the United States. Such MRPs
will be valid for VWP travel until they expire.
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