ESTA question

jessandjon2005 · 15 Jul 19, 03:24 PM

Hi everyone, just applied for our ESTA's on US site.

Just a bit concerned as to why after when we put in all the details, they have both come up ''pending'' as been 7 times before and each time before it went straight through...no problem, but this time they have come up with this?

Does anyone please know what this means and why it's approved me after 10 minutes, but not my partner?

Should we be concerned or is this the norm nowadays as obviously haven't applied for one until 2 years ago.

**mick** · 15 Jul 19, 03:28 PM

The official web site suggests anything between instant and 72 hours for approval.

We've had live ESTAs since they were introduced in Jan 2009 so that's 5 or 6 each. All but one approved instantly. One came back pending so we logged back on around 10 minutes later and all OK

From what I've read on here lately though instant approval seems very rare now and the majority come back pending initially.

Mick

Orlandodreamin · 15 Jul 19, 03:29 PM

Hey!

I did my family's recently for our trip to NYC in December and have been to Florida for several years and we did notice ours were 'pending' for longer than normal.

Not sure why only one of you has been accepted, ours were all accepted at once so maybe if this doesn't change it could be worth ringing? Although if there was any problem I'm assuming it would say denied, if you've been before and had no problems I wouldn't worry too much.

Thorpy · 15 Jul 19, 03:30 PM

It seems they check more stuff now, so that takes time. Somebody posted that the addresses are now checked against the US Postal system.

jessandjon2005 · 15 Jul 19, 03:32 PM

Thanks for your replies everyone, yes just logged back in now and it's now been approved, so maybe they do more background checks first.

Always concerning though!

Mickey's Magic · 15 Jul 19, 03:37 PM

Renewed mine last week and it took about 40 minutes before it was approved! Definitely seemed slower this time.

Markpc2013 · 15 Jul 19, 04:58 PM

45 mins for us last weekend...

ManCity · 15 Jul 19, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Thorpy

It seems they check more stuff now, so that takes time. Somebody posted that the addresses are now checked against the US Postal system.

That was me.

The address check is done whilst answering that question, so no delay - the error is flagged immediately - not after submission of the form.

silverfox46 · 15 Jul 19, 05:00 PM

Did 5, times to be approved ranged from 40mins to almost 3 days

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mick VIP Dibber Join Date: Apr 04 Location: Rugby mick's Reviews Hotel Reviews: 1	The official web site suggests anything between instant and 72 hours for approval. We've had live ESTAs since they were introduced in Jan 2009 so that's 5 or 6 each. All but one approved instantly. One came back pending so we logged back on around 10 minutes later and all OK From what I've read on here lately though instant approval seems very rare now and the majority come back pending initially. Mick __________________