{"id":2163,"date":"2024-03-10T21:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa-gv.com\/visa-waiver-program-usa\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:51:21","slug":"visa-waiver-program-usa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usa-gv.com\/en\/visa-waiver-program-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Visa Waiver Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The U.S. Visa Waiver Program<\/h1>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Visa Waiver Program?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a program set up by the U.S. Department of State to facilitate the screening of travelers to the U.S. and strengthen security at U.S. borders.\nIt allows nationals of member countries to travel to the United States for tourism or business without obtaining a visa under certain <a href=\"https:\/\/usa-gv.com\/en\/eligibility-rules-for-esta\/\">ESTA eligibility conditions<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>To qualify for this visa waiver<\/strong>: Nationals of partner countries must complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/usa-gv.com\/en\/esta-online-form\/\">ESTA form online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of VWP member countries<\/h2>\n\n<p>Here is a list of all countries benefiting from the US visa waiver program for their nationals.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Germany<\/td><td>Spain<\/td><td>Liechtenstein<\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andorra<\/td><td>Finland<\/td><td>Lithuania<\/td><td>San Marino<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Australia<\/td><td>France<\/td><td>Luxemburg<\/td><td>Singapore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Austria<\/td><td>Greece<\/td><td>Malta<\/td><td>Slovakia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Belgium<\/td><td>Hungary<\/td><td>monaco<\/td><td>Slovenia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brunei<\/td><td>Ireland<\/td><td>Norway<\/td><td>Sweden<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chile<\/td><td>Iceland<\/td><td>New Zealand<\/td><td>Swiss<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Croatia<\/td><td>Israel<\/td><td>Netherlands<\/td><td>Taiwan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>South Korea<\/td><td>Italy<\/td><td>Poland<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Denmark<\/td><td>Japan<\/td><td>Portugal<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Estonia<\/td><td>Latvia<\/td><td>Czech republic<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">List of VWP member countries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which countries are eligible for the U.S. visa waiver program?<\/h2>\n\n<p>Countries join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program by implementing enhanced border management.\nThe conditions required by the U.S. administration to become a VWP member are : <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To issue <a href=\"https:\/\/usa-gv.com\/en\/passport-for-the-usa\/\">US-compliant passports<\/a> to its nationals;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To share some of the country&#8217;s security data with the United States ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To maintain for the United States a list of national passports reported stolen or lost;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To have an American visitor visa refusal rate of less than 3%;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Actively combat terrorism at border controls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Visa Waiver Program What is the Visa Waiver Program? 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