Help with VISA?? What do i need to do? Is it easy to get a VISA?

[Claire L]

What do they do this for, may i asked? What is it for?
I wouldnt dare ask them myself i would be too scared too ask
Is it to keep track of you in their country incase u get arrested there? Just a guess.
Wonder why our airports havnt started doing these things? Maybe we are just a soft touch over here!!

From the DHS website -

•US-VISIT biometric procedures apply to international travelers holding a non-U.S. passport or visa. Enrollment Requirements
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT program provides visa-issuing posts and ports of entry with the biometric technology that enables the U.S. government to establish and verify your identity when you visit the United States.

In many cases, this process begins overseas at a U.S. visa issuing post, where a traveler's biometrics—digital fingerprints and a photograph—are collected and checked against a watch list of known criminals and suspected terrorists. When the traveler arrives in the United States, we collect the same biometrics to verify that the person at our port is the same person who received the visa. Immigration officials use this information to help them make visa-issuance and admission decisions as part of the visa application process or entry inspection.

Unlike names and dates of birth, which can be changed, biometrics are unique and virtually impossible to forge. Collecting biometrics helps the U.S. government prevent people from using fraudulent documents to enter the country illegally. Collecting biometrics also helps protect your identity in the event your travel documents are lost or stolen.


Claire

 

[sara969]

From the DHS website -

•US-VISIT biometric procedures apply to international travelers holding a non-U.S. passport or visa. Enrollment Requirements
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT program provides visa-issuing posts and ports of entry with the biometric technology that enables the U.S. government to establish and verify your identity when you visit the United States.

In many cases, this process begins overseas at a U.S. visa issuing post, where a traveler's biometrics—digital fingerprints and a photograph—are collected and checked against a watch list of known criminals and suspected terrorists. When the traveler arrives in the United States, we collect the same biometrics to verify that the person at our port is the same person who received the visa. Immigration officials use this information to help them make visa-issuance and admission decisions as part of the visa application process or entry inspection.

Unlike names and dates of birth, which can be changed, biometrics are unique and virtually impossible to forge. Collecting biometrics helps the U.S. government prevent people from using fraudulent documents to enter the country illegally. Collecting biometrics also helps protect your identity in the event your travel documents are lost or stolen.


Claire

Ahhhhhh that makes total sence now! What a brilliant idea!! I think we should do that over here! Or even better in every airport all over the world.

 

[Funky_dino]

You just need to be aware that since 9/11 teh Americans are incredibly paranoid, and rightly so I suppose.

Speaking as someone with a Visa, the process of getting one can be drawn out, cost over £100, and is very boring hehe, anyone else who has been will agree being in teh Embassy with the tv screens is like argos lol


As long as no one in your party has been arrested/convicted etc there is no need to apply for a Visa, teh waiver forms/ESTA's are enough