Intend to enter the United States for 90 days or less as a nonimmigrant visitor for business or pleasure.

Have a passport lawfully issued to you by a Visa Waiver Program country.

Be a citizen or eligible national of the Visa Waiver Program country that issued your passport.

Citizens of the following VWP countries are required to present electronic passports: Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Malta, and South Korea.

Citizens from VWP eligible countries other than Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Malta, and South Korea must present a machine-readable passport. A machine readable passport contains two lines of text with numbers and chevrons (<<<) at the bottom of the personal information page with the passport bearer's picture. Document requirements vary according to the date a passport was issued or renewed as follows:

Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended before 10/26/05 have no additional requirements.

If a passport was issued or renewed/extended on or after 10/26/05 and does not meet the following requirements, the traveler must obtain a visa:

Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended on or after 10/26/05 through 10/25/06 must meet the following requirements. A digital photograph printed on the passport data page is required OR an integrated chip containing information from the data page (e-passport). A digital photo is one that is printed on the page, not a photo that is glued or laminated into the passport.

Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended on or after 10/26/06 are required to be e-passports.

Temporary, emergency, official and diplomatic passports are exempted from digital photo and electronic chip requirements, but must be machine-readable. This rule applies to all Visa Waiver Program countries except for Germany. Temporary or emergency German passports are not valid for Visa Waiver Program travel, and must contain a visa for admission to the United States.

For more information, please see the Customs and Border Protection Web site, CBP.gov, under Travel, For International Visitors, Visiting for Business or Pleasure, Visa Waiver Program.

Establish to the satisfaction of the inspecting United States Customs and Border Protection Officer that you are entitled to be admitted under the Visa Waiver Program and that you are not inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Waive any rights to review or appeal of the admissibility determination of the United States Customs and Border Protection officer, or contest, other than on the basis of an application for asylum, any removal action arising from an application for admission under the Visa Waiver Program.

Reaffirm, through the submission of biometric identifiers (including fingerprints and photographs) during processing upon arrival in the United States, your waiver of any rights to review or appeal of the admissibility determination of the United States Customs and Border Protection officer, or contest, other than on the basis of an application for asylum, any removal action arising from an application for admission under the Visa Waiver Program.

Obtain an Authorization Approved determination following an travel authorization application.

Have a return trip ticket to any foreign destination other than a territory bordering on the United States or an adjacent island of which you are a resident, subject to certain exceptions enumerated at § 217(a)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1187(a)(8).

Not pose a threat to the welfare, health, safety, or security of the United States.

Have complied with all conditions of any previous admission under the Visa Waiver Program.

If arriving by air or sea, arrive aboard a signatory carrier, a carrier that signed an agreement guaranteeing to transport you out of the United States if you are found to be inadmissible or deportable.