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  • 31-03-2013 7:56pm
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    jhazo6
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    Im planning on going visiting friends on a j1 for 3 weeks in the summer, do i need to apply for any visa for my holiday?
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    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    Iirc you just fill in the paperwork they give you on the plane. No applying for visas ahead of time


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    leeroybrown
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    You need to complete the ESTA process and be approved prior to travelling. For most Irish people it's a formality.


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    leeroybrown
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    mawk wrote: »
    Iirc you just fill in the paperwork they give you on the plane. No applying for visas ahead of time
    That changed a few years a go. You need to pre-authorise via ESTA now.


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    rockonollie
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    leeroybrown is correct....you now fill out the ESTA online before travelling (the fee is around $14)....and for 99.99% of irish travellers, that is all......the .01% would be those with previous overstays in the US, or a criminal record in either ireland or the US or any other situation that would lead homeland security to look at you more closely.


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