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[Unicorn13x]

Yes said most people use them, although they didn't do them. They said to go to another Travel agents like Thomas cook or the post office to get one.

[Stitchfan626]

Originally Posted by mick

Lucy

If I had £1 for every time that I've posted that advice on here since January 2009 I'd be flying UC every year for free

Unfortunately though, although "when should I apply for my ESTA" is asked weekly on here, not everyone reads them until it's too late. The question is also posted by newcomers who probably don't search and have no idea that it's a regular question.

"Old timers" like me can only keep banging on and hope that it sticks

Mick

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Travel agents don't always help either! Mine told me to do my ESTA close to when I was due to travel to get a full 2 years use out of it!

Luckily I had the DIBB so knew better

[Bessie]

Originally Posted by Unicorn13x

Yip so got hubby a new passport 😑

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hope you did the ESTA with the new passport number?

[Unicorn13x]

Yes didn't book anything till it came.

[Atomic01]

Only problem is when your passport gets damaged and you need a new one with just a couple of months to go! Fortunately my new passport came back fast and I had no trouble with the ESTA but it was a bit worrying until I saw that "Approved" on my application!

[debbles]

I have epilepsy and I put No email them and say you ticked wrong box by accident

[Toria_dee]

My H has epilepsy, i wouldn't classify it as a mental disorder. It's a neurological medical condition affecting the brain.

xx

[ChrisS]

Originally Posted by mick

Lucy

I'm truly amazed with the number of people who say on here that "we got one OK last time - we're bound to be OK next time so I won't bother until the week before" Have they not addressed the risk of their names being similar to ones on a "no-fly list" since they last got an ESTA?

Or the few thousand people who were refused ESTAs because of the software debacle at SFB a few years ago.

We've had constant live ESTAs since Jan 2009. You never know when the Premium Bonds drop £25,000 into our bank account and, as pensioners, we can pack and go tomorrow

Mick

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Of course I'm the exception to that statement, right gadgey? Pure as the driven snow, no criminal record, been going to the US for over 20 years, nothing changed, never over-stayed, well, apart from that teeny tiny IO mistake that led to my obliviously copping a 61 day over-stay flag on the DHS database. Stroke of luck my B2 visa meant I was allowed to board and fly to MCO where the error was corrected.

Oh yeah, nothing had changed!

[macjaddie]

Originally Posted by Bessie

hope you did the ESTA with the new passport number?

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My husband has a passport get lost, he replaced it and applied for the ESTA with the new one.

We got stopped at immigration for an interview because he actually had two ESTAs, one with the old passport and one with the new.

Missed our connecting flight and had to get a later one! Was a right pain.

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChrisS

Of course I'm the exception to that statement, right gadgey? Pure as the driven snow, no criminal record, been going to the US for over 20 years, nothing changed, never over-stayed, well, apart from that teeny tiny IO mistake that led to my obliviously copping a 61 day over-stay flag on the DHS database. Stroke of luck my B2 visa meant I was allowed to board and fly to MCO where the error was corrected.

Oh yeah, nothing had changed!

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Bonny lass

I'm sure that your north-easterly charm got you through. Maybe calling the IO "gadgey pal" would have worked as well.

Mick