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VISA and ESTA

  • 05-02-2010 12:37pm
    #1
    avalon68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys, quick question - Im travelling to the states on a J1 visa - do i still need to do the esta thing?


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    No, you already have a visa so you are approved.


  • #3
    lil_lisa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lil_lisa


    ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) is set up so you don't have to get a visa. Its to show customs that you are from a country which doesn't need one, you are not staying long enough and you are not doing anything in the country which would require a visa. Of course, like Ruu has said, you have a visa so you are covered.


  • #4
    avalon68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭avalon68


    Thanks, I thought this was the case but when I got the email from Aer lingus I wasnt so sure :). Im all set so.....now just to pack!


  • #5
    spideog7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭spideog7


    lil_lisa wrote: »
    Its to show customs that you are from a country which doesn't need one...

    I'm sorry for the pedantry but it's immigration not customs, everybody makes the same mistake and now I feel like it's my mission in life to educate the masses :D

    I understand that in the US they are all covered under one organisation but they still do separate jobs.


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