Posted: Jan 12, 2018 12:18 am
I've recently mentioned that my family are visiting North America this year, but our holiday starts in Toronto Canada and ends in Orlando USA, where we eventually fly back to the UK.
This means that we need an eTa to enter Canada by air. No problem, thus far. The concern I have is with the visa requirements I need to fulfil to then enter the USA via a land border as we are entering the USA by train on our way to New York, prior to eventually leaving the USA by plane in Orlando.
I mean, the visa waiver program (VWP) in the USA means that citizens entering the USA from [various places such as] the UK must apply for an 'ESTA' [Electronic System for Travel Authorization]. However, as far as I can tell, this is only for people entering the USA via air or sea [only]. Is that correct?
Secondly, from my online research it seems that when I cross the border on the train from Canada to the USA we will have to be processed via form I-94W.
So what I'm basically asking, is whether I need to purchase an 'esta' for each member of my family for the USA, or whether the I-94W land-border processing will suffice to get us into AND out of the USA? The official websites I've visited are very generic and so it's hard to ascertain a definitive answer specific to our circumstances.
Many thanks for any replies which serve to de-stress me. My apologies also for my naivety as I'm not very-well travelled and certainly have not been to America before.
This means that we need an eTa to enter Canada by air. No problem, thus far. The concern I have is with the visa requirements I need to fulfil to then enter the USA via a land border as we are entering the USA by train on our way to New York, prior to eventually leaving the USA by plane in Orlando.
I mean, the visa waiver program (VWP) in the USA means that citizens entering the USA from [various places such as] the UK must apply for an 'ESTA' [Electronic System for Travel Authorization]. However, as far as I can tell, this is only for people entering the USA via air or sea [only]. Is that correct?
Secondly, from my online research it seems that when I cross the border on the train from Canada to the USA we will have to be processed via form I-94W.
So what I'm basically asking, is whether I need to purchase an 'esta' for each member of my family for the USA, or whether the I-94W land-border processing will suffice to get us into AND out of the USA? The official websites I've visited are very generic and so it's hard to ascertain a definitive answer specific to our circumstances.
Many thanks for any replies which serve to de-stress me. My apologies also for my naivety as I'm not very-well travelled and certainly have not been to America before.