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Calling the USA from the UK

To save pounds...Use the following numbers
0870 794 9724 Weekdays
0844 570 9724 Weekends
Dial these numbers followed by the international number. You will be charged at UK national rate


Calls are charged per your current telephone providers' policy - with BT that is per second billing with a 5p minimum call charge. Calls are charged from the time of connection to the Just-dial service.

 

Passports and Visas

passports From 26th October 2004 all family members entering the USA under the Visa Waiver program will need to have their own passports. It is important that, where children are included on a parent’s passport, you obtain an individual passport for each child before travelling.
Full details can be found on the UK Passport Agency and US Embassy websites.
Visa Waiver Program
Entry to the United States under the Visa Waiver Programme is subject to a number of very strict conditions.

ABTA has been advised by the United States Embassy that passengers should not attempt to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Programme if they have been arrested and or convicted of any offence whatsoever.

It should be stressed that the fact that a conviction might be spend (i.e. no longer relevant for most purposes in the U.K.) is NOT RELEVANT for the purposes of the Visa Waiver Programme or other United States visa matters. Further, the fact that an arrest may not have resulted in prosecution or a conviction is NOT RELEVANT for the purposes of the Visa Waiver Programme or other United States visa matters.

The requirements for visa-free travel are that the individual must be:

  • A Citizen of the United Kingdom, travelling on an individual Machine Readable, unexpired national or EC passport. (UK passports indicating that the bearer is a British Subject rather than British Citizen DO NOT qualify) Children must have their own passports
  • Travelling for business, pleasure or transit only
  • Staying in the US for 90 days or less.

PLUS If entering the US by air or by sea

  • Holding a return on onward ticket
  • Entering the US aboard an air or sea carrier that has agreed to participate in the programme, and is
  • In possession of a completed form 1-94W, obtainable from airline and shipping companies.

OR If entering the US by land from Canada or Mexico

  • In possession of a completed form 1-94W, issued by the immigration authorities at the port of entry.

Do any of the following apply to you ?:

  1. Do you have a communicable disease, physical or mental disorder or are you a drug addict or abuser
  2. Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offence or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance or been arrested or convicted for two or more offences for which the aggregate sentence to confinement was five years or more, or been a controlled substance trafficker, or are you seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities.
  3. Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage or in terrorist activities, or genocide, or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies
  4. Are you seeking to work in the U.S.A. or have you ever been excluded and deported, or been previously removed from the United States, or procured or attempted to procure a visa or entry into the U.S.A. by fraud or misrepresentation.
  5. Have you ever detained, retained or withheld custody of a child from a U.S. citizen granted custody of the child
  6. Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S.A or had a U.S. visa cancelled
  7. Have you ever been asserted immunity from prosecution

If you answered YES to any of the above, you will need to contact the American Embassy in London BEFORE you travel since you may be refused entry.

Visa-free travel does not include those who plan to study, work or remain more than 90 days, those travellers need visas. If a US immigration officer believes that a visa free traveller is going to study or work or stay longer than 90 days, the officer will refuse to admit the traveller.

 

 
US Embassy Visa Department Operator Assisted Visa Information Service: Call 09055-444-546 Monday through Friday, between 8.00 am and 8.00 pm, and Saturday, between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. The service is not available on British public holidays. Calls are charged at £1.30/min. The number may only be accessed from within the United Kingdom.

Written information is available from:
A stamped, self-addressed envelope must accompany the request.

The Consular Information Unit
United States Embassy
24 Grosvenor Square
LONDON W1 1AE
 

 

British Embassy

British Embassy in Washington DC



 

 Address: 3100 Massachusetts Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20008

Telephone:
(1)(202) 588 6500 Embassy
(1)(202) 588 7800 Consular
(1)(202) 588 7830 British Council

Fax:
(1)(202) 588 7870 Chancery
(1)(202) 588 7866 Management
(1)(202) 588 7901 Trade
(1)(202) 588 7850 Consular

Office Hours: GMT: Mon-Fri: 1400-2230
Local Time: Mon-Fri: 0900-1730
   

 

              
   
 
          
               

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