Visitors from Visa Waiver Program Countries
Most visitors from Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Japan, and South Korea will enter the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa, if certain requirements are met. Under the VWP, time spent in Canada, Mexico, and adjacent islands counts towards the maximum stay of 90 days.
To enter under the VWP, you must have a machine-readable passport (one with two lines of letters and numbers along the bottom of the photo page). If you have a recently-issued passport, it must also have a chip in it. If you enter the U.S. on the Visa Waiver Program, you are waiving your right to appeal or contest a decision not to let you enter the U.S. - ie. the immigration officer has the final say as to whether you can enter the U.S., and you have no right of appeal. It is recommended to dress smartly and be polite to the immigration officer. Do not under any circumstances suggest you may be seeking work or intending to stay longer than 90 days in the U.S. as this is not permitted under the Visa Waiver Program - you need to get a proper visa (see below). It is not recommended to suggest that you are getting married (it is legal to get married under the Visa Waiver Program as long as it is not with the intention of staying longer than 90 days and taking residence in the U.S.) since it will lead to more inquiries which requires strong evidence to your ties your home country that will convince the border officer of your intention of returning to your home country. Remember that the border officers are trained to assume that you are entering with the intention of emigrating and thus the burden of proof is on you to provide evidence of intention to return to your home country.
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