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  • 29-08-2014 7:37pm
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    n32
    Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭


    Quick question regarding the ESTA form . I went to the States last year for 12 days and am heading again this year. I ve updated the travel details on my ESTA online application. Is that enough to do me for this years trip or do i have to start the whole application process again?


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    iusedtoknow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭iusedtoknow


    yep...that is all you need to do!

    It stays in place for 2 years, unless you get a new passport


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    n32
    Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭n32


    Cheers for that


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    billy few mates
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    Just another quick question, my wife and daughter are heading over to the US next month, they have an ESTA which is still valid from their last trip last year, I went to update the ESTA application and it only seems to ask you to update your address and not your flight details, am I missing something or is it not necessary to have to do this...?

    When I look at their ESTA application it now has the correct accommodation details but last year's flight details.


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    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    billy few mates wrote: »
    Just another quick question, my wife and daughter are heading over to the US next month, they have an ESTA which is still valid from their last trip last year, I went to update the ESTA application and it only seems to ask you to update your address and not your flight details, am I missing something or is it not necessary to have to do this...?

    When I look at their ESTA application it now has the correct accommodation details but last year's flight details.

    I go to the US regularly on the ESTA, (5-6 times a year) and have never updated it and have never been asked about it. You have to provide your address details when booking or checking in for your flights anyway.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    The advance passenger data (API) that you provide to Aer Lingus includes your passport number so by the time you show up at US immigration and they type in your passport number, they will have your flight details on their system.


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    billy few mates
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    coylemj wrote: »
    The advance passenger data (API) that you provide to Aer Lingus includes your passport number so by the time you show up at US immigration and they type in your passport number, they will have your flight details on their system.

    Where do they give that...? They're travelling with Delta.
    I flew to the States recently with Delta (although they switched me on to United flight at the last minute) and I don't remember having to do anything other than the ESTA....


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    See bullet #2 here under 'Overview of requirements' .........

    http://www.aerlingus.com/travelinformation/knowbeforeyoufly/usatravelrequirements/

    You probably handed over your passport when you checked in with Delta - maybe the check-in clerk did the necessary?


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    billy few mates
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    Thanks for that, I'd better look into how Delta do it so they don't have any last minute problems at the airport....


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    endofrainbow
    Registered Users Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭endofrainbow


    same procedure for all airlines when you check in online


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    #11
    niallith
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭niallith


    didnt want to start a new thread just to ask one question so ill post it here because im confused by the ESTA thing and weather i require it or not. but im traveling to the states to visit a friend for a week next month,do i need to fill out the ESTA form or is it for people planning to live over there or something? thanks.


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    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    Yes, you do need to fill out the ESTA.


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    niallith
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭niallith


    ok thanks and anything else or is that it?


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    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    Nope, that's it. It'll tell you whether you've been granted a visa waiver or not pretty much instantly (or within a few minutes).


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    billy few mates
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭billy few mates


    Depending who you fly with you may also have to fill out that API thing....


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    niallith
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭niallith


    im flying with united airlines,from what i can see i dont need the api thing but thanks. also would it be ok for me to print out my boarding passes aswell as using their online app for boarding(just in case my battery runs dead or something)? or does it have to be one or the other?


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    jaymcg91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭jaymcg91


    niallith wrote: »
    im flying with united airlines,from what i can see i dont need the api thing but thanks. also would it be ok for me to print out my boarding passes aswell as using their online app for boarding(just in case my battery runs dead or something)? or does it have to be one or the other?

    Yeah my app automatically checked me in the other week coming back, but I printed off a boarding card when I got to the airport, so doing both should be fine.


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