DHS/CBP's Electronic System For Travel Authorization - Mandatory Compliance Required For Travel Under The Visa Waiver Program
The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") announced that all nonimmigrant aliens traveling to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program ("VWP") will have to obtain travel authorization from the Department’s Electronic System for Travel Authorization ("ESTA"). To comply with ESTA, VWP travelers must provide electronically to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") the information currently collected on the I-94W Nonimmigrant Alien Arrival/Departure (Form I-94W) through the CBP ESTA website and receive authorization to travel before embarking on travel to the United States.
