Travel to the United States

Please find out through the relevant missions abroad, whether your documents are sufficient for entry. Each passenger himself is responsible to have the necessary visa documents at hand.

Detailed travel and safety advice for US Travel from the Foreign Office.

ESTA

Seit 2009 muss jeder Passagier (auch Kinder), die nicht im Besitz eines Amerikanischen Passes oder eines gültigen Visums ist, online eine Elektronische Reisegenehmigung/ESTA beantragen, um einreisen zu können. Sie können maximal 50 Anträge pro Zahlung einreichen. Die Personen innerhalb der Gruppe müssen nicht zusammen reisen. Es wird eine Gebühr von 14 US $ pro Antrag erhoben. Bitte halten Sie Ihren Reisepass und eine gültige Kreditkarte für die Beantragung der Reisegenehmigung bereit.

The application can be made at any time prior to your arrival, however, not later than 72 hours before departure. If they are not revoked, travel authorizations are valid up to two years from the date of issue of the approval, or until your passport expires, whichever comes first.

You can apply for the ESTA travel authorization here.

APIS

By law of the "Department of Homeland Security" all airlines are obliged to register personal data of their passengers and to convey them to the US authorities (Advance Passenger Information System, short APIS). We ask you to fill out the APIS entry form for every traveler and to give it to the ground personnel before departure. Your information will be kept confidential and is not used for commercial purposes. APIS Form (PDF)