Applying for ESTA Help Sheet

Please find below a guide to how to apply for your daughter’s ESTA, to allow holiday travel into the USA. If you have any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

The date that I require proof of the ESTA is March 31st. Only a photocopy is required, as well as a photocopy of your daughter’s passport.

You do not need to add in any dates of the trip for the ESTA application.

Step 1: Go to https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/ or search on Google for ‘ESTA’ and click on the link ‘Home| Official ESTA Application Website’.

Step 2: Scroll down and you will see a blue tab on the right hand side that says ‘Individual Application’ – click this tab.

Step 3: You will be presented with a Security Notification. Read the details, and if you are happy, click the blue tab ‘Confirm and Continue’.

Step 4: You are then presented with a Disclaimer and an extract from the Travel Promotion Act of 2009. Please read both sections, and click to agree to the terms of what you have read.

Step 5: You will then be asked to complete basic details about your daughter. This information should correlate to her passport, so please make sure that it is the same information.

It will ask about dual nationality, so please make sure this information is correct, if this is the case.

It also asks about GE Membership – Unless you know that you have this, click No.

It then asks for Parents’ names.

Next, it requires contact information. Please remember it is your daughter’s contact information. This is particularly relevant if they live at a different residence to one or both of their parents, who is likely to be completing this form.

You can add several telephone numbers for contact if preferred.

Make sure when providing a telephone number, that you enter the Country Code (+44) followed by the full number, without the original 0. See below. It then asks for an email address. Please give your daughter’s email address.

It also proposes you give an Optional Social Media account – I would avoid this.

Finally, it asks for employment details. It first asks “Do you have a current or previous employer?” – answer NO to this question, and the page should then be complete.

Click the blue tab labelled ‘Next’ on the right hand side to continue.

Step 6: US Point of Contact – For this, you just need to enter the address of the Hotel, for both the contact, and for the address your daughter will be staying in.

The Hotel Details are as follows:

Marriot Courtyard Midtown East Hotel

866 Third Avenue Between 52nd and 53rd Street

New York 10022

New York

Tel: 00 1 212-644-1300

You can tick a box to copy the information into both. You can replicate what is written below: You will then be asked to put Emergency Contact details in, which I suggest you give as the best option for when your daughter is there at the time.

Click the blue tab labelled ‘Next’ on the right hand side to continue.

Step 7: Eligibility Questions – Other than the question relating to travelling to Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen on or after March 1, 2011, which may be Yes, I would assume all answers to these questions would be ‘No’. If any of them are yes, please let me know.

You are then asked to read the Waiver of Rights, and tick the box to Certify that all has been read officially.

If you have completed this document of behalf of your daughter’s, you must also tick the Third Parties Only box, to certify that you have given correct information etc.

Step 8: You are asked to check all details of the application. Please spend the time confirming details, especially passport details.

For each section you must click the blue tab entitled ‘Confirm and Continue’

Step 9: You are then asked to re-enter your passport details.

Then click Next/Continue

Step 10: Payment of ESTA - $14

You do not have to pay immediately – and have 7 Days to do so. However, make sure you follow the instructions carefully, should you wish to do this. If you are planning to pay immediately, check the details are correct again at the top, then tick the box on the right under ‘Disclaimer’. Then click Next/Continue.

This takes you to a payment page, for you to complete your bank account details.

Follow the instructions through. The payment will take a few moments.

Once paid, it then shows this screen:

Step 11: After the 72 hour period, you need to log back on to the website. See Step 1.

Step 12: Scroll down (beyond the picture of Mount Rushmore) and you will see a blue tab on the right hand side that says ‘Check Individual Status’ – click this tab.

Step 13: You will be presented with a Security Notification. Read the details, and if you are happy, click the blue tab ‘Confirm and Continue’.

Step 14: If you have your application number, complete the boxes as requested. If you do not have the application number to hand, click this button, below the other boxes: [ + ] I Do NOT Know the Application Number

Step 15: It should then inform you whether your application has been successful or not. Please click VIEW on the right-hand side, to see the full application. Please print this to be handed in.

If you are unclear on any of the information or want to know more about the ESTA, please visit https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/frequently-asked-questions-about-visa-waiver- program-vwp-and-electronic-system-travel

REMINDER:

Both your ESTA and a photocopy of your Passport are due to be handed in w/c March 27 March.

Any queries please email [email protected] . Phil Macken Head of Drama