Timeline for ESTA (Going to Mexico and the US)
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| Oct 31, 2017 at 4:39 | comment | added | Crazydre | @Midavalo That officer was wrong in that case. CBP officers at Tijuana, the Vancouver Train Station and Blaine have confirmed to me on the phone that ESTA holders do not need the form. When entering from the Toronto area by road, ESTA holders will get a pre-printed form, last time I asked | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 4:37 | comment | added | Crazydre | @phoog Neither, those recollections were correct. It's the same with APC: CBP provides generalised answers on who can use it, but in practice it varies from POE to POE | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 3:10 | comment | added | phoog | @Midavalo apparently you are correct. My recollection of another answer on this site was faulty, or maybe my recollection of an incorrect answer on this site was accurate, but if that's true I didn't find the incorrect answer when I looked for it. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 2:52 | comment | added | Midavalo | From CBP (via email today): If entering by land, you will complete processing upon arrival with the physical form I-94W (6 U.S. dollars). No action is required prior to arrival at the port of entry. Even if you have a valid ESTA you will be required to complete the form I-94W upon arrival at any land port of entry. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 2:52 | comment | added | Midavalo | @phoog I understand that, however you still require a valid (not expired) I-94 to cross the border. If you have an electronic one issued when you land, then you won't be asked for one when you cross the border. But if you don't have one then ESTA doesn't automatically waive your need to get one. You'll be asked to complete an I-94W if there is no current electronic I-94 record, whether you have ESTA or not. Charge is $6 at the border (including Tijuana). | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 19:53 | comment | added | phoog | @Midavalo the I-94 created in connection with ESTA is an electronic database record. When a VWP traveler who does not hold ESTA enters by land, they get a paper I-94A form printed for them in connection with the creation of the database record, but if the traveler has active ESTA authorization, the database record is created from that instead. As far as I can tell, the I-94W is no longer in regular use. See cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94-instructions. | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 19:36 | history | edited | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 30, 2017 at 19:35 | comment | added | Crazydre | @Midavalo Wrong. ESTA holders do not need the I-94W at major crossings (including Tijuana) | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 19:09 | comment | added | Midavalo | Crossing land-border into the US requires an I-94, not ESTA. The asker should already have an I-94 issued on admission into the US from Zurich. help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1132/~/… | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 17:13 | history | answered | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |