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Old 18 Apr 20, 09:06 AM  
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Are ESTAs still being authorised?

We are due to travel 30th July for 16 nights onsite with free DDP. So far only paid deposit (£875) with balance of over £12,000 due next week. We are in the same dilemma as a lot of people. We are booked with Ever After holidays whom I trust to refund us once it's cancelled ( as I expect it will be).
Still undecided whether to pay the balance or just forfeit the deposit. We haven't renewed our ESTAs yet and wouldn't consider paying a balance until they were done, but are they even authorising at the minute with the travel ban? Has anyone applied for one recently?
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Old 18 Apr 20, 09:17 AM  
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I can't help at all I'm afraid on paying balances. We book everything separately and were due to fly next Tuesday.

However I was involved in an exchange of posts about a week ago with someone who successfully applied for new ESTAs.

The warning on the ESTA site is only about attempting to travel under the current rules.

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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:06 AM  
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PS Took me a while to find the thread but it was Mandij39's experience that I refer to

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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:23 AM  
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Good morning,
We applied and had them issued last Thursday, no issues at all 😄
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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:31 AM  
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Good morning,
We applied and had them issued last Thursday, no issues at all 😄
Any new sections or questions which you were not expecting. Mine is due for renewal in June
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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:34 AM  
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Originally Posted by Bad Pink Tink View Post
Any new sections or questions which you were not expecting. Mine is due for renewal in June
The only extra item I recall is receiving a PIN code to enter just after starting the application.
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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:35 AM  
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Originally Posted by Bad Pink Tink View Post
Any new sections or questions which you were not expecting. Mine is due for renewal in June
We've had live ESTAs since they were introduced in Jan 2009 and, a bit like you, due for renewal next month.

I don't know what new questions there are, if any, but according to Dibbers you have to start with sending an email to which they respond with a code to use to prove you're not a robot.

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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:40 AM  
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Thanks everyone. I'll get them done today and feedback!
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Old 18 Apr 20, 10:46 AM  
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Originally Posted by jojo_3596 View Post
Thanks everyone. I'll get them done today and feedback!
At the risk of sounding patronising I'll just say what I've said on here a hundred times over the years

Take your time, do it with someone alongside if you can, double check the question, triple check the answers. It's not a race and don't expect instant approval these days

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There were no new questions at all, just a PIN sent to authorise email.

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