Daughter Greenbanks' school has asked for a "visa and OV7" for her forthcoming trip to NY. Got the visa - but what is an OV7?
Never heard of one of these...
In reply to Greenbanks: could be related to the ESTA. You will need to get an ESTA to get into the US. Make sure you use the US gov site (they should only cost $14 as some sites charge $35+ to do it for you). Website below
h t t p s ://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
Although I am a little confused, if your daughter is a UK passport holder all she would need is an ESTA I think. I've never had to apply for a visa.
> Daughter Greenbanks' school has asked for a "visa and OV7" for her forthcoming trip to NY. Got the visa - but what is an OV7?
If that's really what they said, they haven't a clue.
If you ring the US Embassy (at £1/minute) they'll say "a visa? What kind of visa?". Needs to be a specific type, probably B2 in this case, and you probably don't need one since she'll qualify under the Visa Waiver Programme.
In reply to Greenbanks: Indeed, although the ESTA thing is supposed to help the tourist industry in the US, so in my head it's just a money making scheme by the US government
> (In reply to lynda)
> if she has a visa, she doesnt need to bother with esta
She just needs an ESTA.. very straight forwards, starting charging £10 or $10 or so recently, but only when your last ESTA runs out, and you can (should) keep updating your ESTA with new landing/accomodation in the US details..
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