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I'm a British citizen and ESTA keeps not authorizing me to travel to the United States
Your birth country may be (is likely to be) the reason, British citizenship does not guarantee approval.
If a traveler is denied ESTA and his or her circumstances have not changed, a new application ...
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Getting US visa for a job meeting
Greg Hewgill's answer is correct, but one caveat: do not talk to the immigration officer about doing any work in the US. A series of business meetings is fine, but the VWP does not allow you to work ...
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Getting US visa for a job meeting
As a UK citizen, you are eligible for Visa Waiver Program entry:
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables most citizens or nationals of participating countries* to travel to the United States for ...
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Can a UK national work as a paid shop assistant in the USA?
The only regular non-immigrant visa category that would conceivably allow working in a shop (no matter whether paid or not) would be H-2B for temporary non-agricultural workers. But that is a purely ...
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Visiting girlfriend in the USA
The visa waiver program allows you to do the things you could do on a visitor visa, which includes "Visit with friends or relatives". What you are actually doing is completely proper and permitted.
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Refuse to answer questions at border control
The Home Office was asked in 2015, what the legal basis for such questioning is. Here is their answer.
Assuming that you are an EEA national, Border Force officers can ask you any
questions that ...
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Does having no exit record from the UK on my passport risk my visa application for re entering?
Do you think having no exit record from the UK on my passport will risk my visa application for re entering?
No. The UK does not place exit records in passports. Nobody has such a record, and not ...
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New British Passport and entering UK for the first time
What you have heard is completely untrue. Countries issue passports to their citizens abroad all the time, and those citizens use those passports to return to the country of issue. If what you have ...
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Can a UK national work as a paid shop assistant in the USA?
I believe it is too late to apply for 2019, but the J-1 visa summer work travel program allows this sort of work situation if you are a currently-enrolled post-secondary student and your visit is ...
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New UK passport dual citizenship observation
HM Passport Office will place this observation in your passport when your name in your British passport is different to the name in your other nationality passport, and it is believed to be difficult ...
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How can I check if I am banned from travelling to the US?
The ban is a matter of law based on the facts of your situation. You can look at the law and make your own determination about whether you are currently under a ban based on the facts of your ...
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UK citizen married to an Irish citizen. How much time can I spend in the EU after Brexit?
Because your wife is an Irish citizen, you are the spouse of an EU citizen. You will therefore continue to have rights under the free movement directive even after most citizens of the UK cease ...
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New UK passport with new name; would the US know it's still me? Suspected outstanding warrant
Although it doesn't entirley answer your question, I am posting this as answer because I don't think you appreciate the risks involved here.
Your proposition is to travel to a foreign country and ...
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US entry with tourist visa but past alcohol arrest
But from what I’ve read, a Visa doesn’t guarantee entry... what are the chances of me now being denied entry by an agent at the border?
Exceedingly small.
That disclaimer is there because the ...
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Travelling in US for more than 90 days
If you want to stay longer than 90 days, you can apply for a Visa. That might be the better alternative than hopping out and in, as it removes the cost - and the risk of not being allowed back in (as ...
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Travelling soon and lost UK passport. What can I do?
According to EU rules you need either a passport or a national ID card to travel between EU countries.
However, the UK does not issue national ID cards- there was a whole political issue about ...
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Does applying for the Diversity Green Card lottery affect future tourist visits to the US, if you don't win?
Submitting an application to the Diversity Visa Program (green card lotto) is generally not considered evidence of immigrant intent by itself since there is no guarantee that an applicant will even be ...
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Is it possible that a UK citizen might be required a visa for a trip to the EU in November?
The European Commission published its Notice on Travelling Between the EU and the United Kingdom Following Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU in November 2018 and most recently updated it ...
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Hard Brexit and travel for UK citizens into Schengen countries in 2019
Strictly speaking, this is in the hands of the EU, which maintains two lists, Annex I (countries whose nationals requiring a visa for a short stay, labelled A in the link above) and Annex II (...
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Wonky passport photo
Don't try to travel using a passport with an improper photo. This is a good way to find yourself spending a very long time in a detention room in an airport, possibly in a foreign country.
Contact ...
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Entered UK using my now-lost UK passport; can I go to Spain using my US passport?
I am worried they will (a) not let me board my flight from Edinburgh-Seville;
There are no exit checks when leaving the UK. Airline staff will check your passport to see if you are allowed to enter ...
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Are these intended activities legal to do in the USA under the VWP?
Yes, all this is fine. Some people have been denied entry to the US when coming to the US even temporarily to marry a US citizen, so you will see advice online (even sometimes from immigration ...
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Does a UK citizen with US residency need any paperwork to travel to UK and back?
To travel to the UK, your son will need his UK passport. For travel from the UK back to the US, he will need his UK passport and his US green card. No other travel paperwork should be necessary.
The ...
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Tips on entering China as a British tourist
Are there any special requirements currently in place to enter the country?
Yes, you currently can't enter China mainland as a British tourist. Unlikely to change till 2023. See https://www....
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What visa covers me for remote working in the US whilst on holiday?
Technically there is no visa for the US that will allow you to work remotely while visiting. Here is a nice summary of all the potential visas and what is and isn't allowed. While there are some ...
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Interrogated every time crossing UK Border as citizen
As a UK citizen they have no legal basis to deny my entry,
Correct.
am I under any obligation to answer any of their questions
Yes. That's their job after all. If they have reasonable grounds to ...
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Travelling soon and lost UK passport. What can I do?
The passport office has an option to receive a callback. I left my name and number and an adviser called me back a couple of hours later.
The adviser explained that the quickest it is possible to ...
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What is the purpose of the odd sticker in a new British passport?
The general consensus on the internet seems to be that the sticker is an RFID chip used by Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to track the production process of the passport from start to shipping. ...
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Do British citizens need a passport to visit the Republic of Ireland?
As you are a British citizen who was born in the UK, you don't need a passport to travel to the Republic of Ireland, as long as you have another form of photographic ID (for example a photo driving ...
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UK certificate of eligibility
It’s going to be a certificate of regret for quite some time. There is no such thing. Run!
You obviously told them you don’t have any close friends or relatives in the UK so very shortly they are ...
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