Visas - Traveling to the USA

Last Updated: Jun. 04, 2008

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Please visit www.usa.gov/visitors.shtml to see if the USA requires you to have a visa when traveling on a passport of your nationality.

All travelers seeking admission to the United States under the Visa Wavier Program (VWP – if no visa is required) must present a machine readable passport. A digital photograph printed on the passport photo page is required OR an integrated chip containing information from the data page (e-passport). A digital photograph is on that is printed onto the photo page, not a photo that has been glued, stapled or laminated onto the passport.

Machine readable passports issued or extended after October 26, 2006 are required to be e-passports. VWP travelers with non- compliant passports will need to obtain a new e-passport OR a visa in their passport containing the non-digital passport photo. Visa applications can be obtained by contacting the US consulate.

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  1. Unless you’re in the US on a student visa you won’t/shouldn’t have any trouble going to/from Tijuana for the day. The only truly reliable information re: visas for travel are the consulate web sites of the countries you want to visit – so if in doubt, check the consulate web sites.

    mattyvcontikimattyvcontiki posted on Jan. 28, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate

  2. I am a South African going on the Wild Western tour. I know I need a visa for the US, but do I need a visa for the day in Tijauna?

    JennyGJennyG posted on Jan. 27, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate

  3. Traveling on a NZ passport you won’t need a visa or anything else to travel to Tijuana and Mexico on the Wild Western Tour – when you come into the US however you will have to fill out an I-94 immigration form (usually US immigration staple it into your passport) and it’s important that you don’t loose this form.

    mattyvcontikimattyvcontiki posted on Jan. 21, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate

  4. I am doing the wild western contiki on the 30th April. I am from New Zealand. Will I need to have any paper work when I go over the boarder to Tijuana or visa?

    Default_avatarangel-of-harlem posted on Jan. 20, 2008 Flag as Inappropriate

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