Travel without a Visa

Certain travelers may visit the United States for business or pleasure for periods of less than 90 days without a visa under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).

All VWP travelers, regardless of age or type of passport used, must present machine-readable passports; previous one-time exemptions for first-time VWP travelers without MRPs ended June 26, 2005. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers’ passports were issued, other passport requirements will apply:

• Machine-readable passports issued before 10/26/05 – no further requirements
• Machine-readable passports issued between 10/26/05 and 10/25/06 – requires digital photograph printed on the data page or integrated chip with information from the data page
• Machine-readable passports issued on or after 10/26/06 – requires integrated chip with information from the data page (e-passport)
• Temporary, emergency, official and diplomatic passports are exempted from biometric digital photo and chip requirements, but must be machine-readable
•  Italian, French and German temporary passports - more info ...

IMPORTANT NOTE

Luxembourg passports issued or extended prior to October 26, 2005 are VALID for travel under the Visa Waiver Program if all requirements listed under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) are met.

Luxembourg passports extended after October 26, 2005 are NOT VALID for travel under the Visa Waiver Program. 

Holders of such passports planning to travel to the United States on the Visa Waiver Program are advised to obtain a new passport from the Luxembourg Passport Office.  If unable to obtain a new passport, they should apply for a non-immigrant visa at the American Embassy.

Children must have their own passport to travel to the United States

If they are included in either parent’s passport, the parent must apply for a visa for their child to be issued in the parent’s passport. Please see the link on the left Non-Immigrant Visa for information on how to apply for a visa.