Visa Waiver Application charge
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Originally Posted by mistress-kate
The USA waver form is free - you certainly do not have to pay for it!
I applied here:
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/esta.h...6-EF252A2CCB4B
I entered Alaska about a week ago and you still need to fill in several forms on arrival but the whole process is painless if you have completed the waver form on line.
Kate
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I just used this link to do the application for a friend and I had to pay $ 14 USD. I suppose it has been mentionned in some other thread if this is something official as I could read under THE TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009.
"On March 4, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Travel Promotion Act (TPA) of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-145. The Act directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a fee for the use of the ESTA system, comprised of $10.00 for each VWP applicant receiving authorization to travel to the United States and $4.00 for the processing of the ESTA application. Applicants who are denied authorization to travel to the U.S. under the VWP will only be charged $4.00. The fee may only be paid by credit card..."
I hope this is not another scam (I hit the wrong link sometime ago and I was made paid $ 45 USD when it was supposed to be free of charge).
Can you guys confirm there is now this $ 14 USD charge as something official?
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