Visa and the states

[dwayne]

Might be going to San Jose on "bidness" next week...very last minute. Do I need a visa to go there, how long will it take to get one etc...

ta

 

[ILOVEBHA]

If you hold a british passport you dont need a visa for USA

 

[Beach Hut]

Just a decent line in fashion, list of known B-celebs and an enormous pay packet - you may just scrape in then

 

[dwayne]

If you hold a british passport you dont need a visa for USA

That's what I thought but...
Someones been saying about expiry dates, old passports etc

 

[dwayne]

Just a decent line in fashion, list of known B-celebs and an enormous pay packet - you may just scrape in then

you missed out small Willy

 

[Beach Hut]

you missed out small Willy

I'd heard you were a big dick

 

[tedebear]

If you are going for work and state that at the desk then you will need a visa, other wise if you say you are on "holiday" then I believe the visa waiver system is still in operation. However security for people coming from London is extreme to say the least as reported from a chap here who went to visit friends for the week last week and travelled through Chicago....

 

[Rookie]

That's what I thought but...
Someones been saying about expiry dates, old passports etc

Think you need at least a year left on your passport, check the passport office website

 

[Vlad the Impala]

You will need a visa waiver, available when you land. Will cost you a tiny bit. Last time I got one I think I paid $6. I did once read that from October you will need to be fingerprinted and photographed like people from non-visa waiver countries, but I don't know if that is still true.

Oh, and I think there might be something about not going with a passport that will expire within 6 months.

 

[Gazwag]

As long as you have a "machine readable" passport you are ok I believe. A machine readable one has all the numbers at the bottom of the picture page

 

[Gazwag]

http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/news/news.asp?strAreaNo=320&intelement=808

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

You need to check out the US Embassy website - but I would do this "after" you have been to the US. This is why...

Have you ever been arrested? That is, arrested even without being convicted. And don't think that the Rehab of Offenders Act will save you - the US Immigration Law bypasses that, and they have access to the PNC and NCIS.

Check the site and have a look...

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/index.html

 

[dwayne]

ta guys. I think my passport is machine readable

 

[Vlad the Impala]

ta guys. I think my passport is machine readable

Does it say you are black though? With ginger hair?

 

[WATFORD zero]

I still find it hard to believe that anyone would pay an airfare to get a spreadsheet fixed

 

[ditchy]

That's what I thought but...
Someones been saying about expiry dates, old passports etc

Do u not work for a large american bank ? they should sort out any visa probs for you

 

[ditchy]

Do u not work for a large american bank ? they should sort out any visa probs for you

If the HR dept is any good they will tell you exactly what you need and dont need Re passport or visa and should arrange for you
afterall you are supposed to be going on biz for them

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Can you get me some Fruit Loops? They make me REALLY happy for some reason (chemicals and sugar, perhaps?)

 

[dwayne]

Sadly as Im a contractor I'm a second class citizen here so have to sort out all this crap myself.

 

[WATFORD O]

Why would any one want to send you away on business? Oh Yeah, so you are as far away as possible!

Off to NYC soon..............