Once you have completed your application online and paid all of the related expenses and fees, you will not have to wait long to receive a response from the United States’ Immigration and Naturalization Service. Actually, even if you submit your ESTA application over the weekend, the processing period is a maximum of 72 hours, or three days, depending on the complexity of your case.
What is the maximum response time for an ESTA application?
The time I spent waiting revealed to me that the maximum response time for an ESTA application is 72 hours, which I discovered through my investigation. Once an ESTA application has been accepted, the user will be notified by email or online browser that their application has been authorized.
What is an ESTA Visa?
ESTA is an abbreviation for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, which is a web-based service that allows inhabitants of VWP nations to travel to the United States without a visa. In the event that an ESTA is accepted, it is valid for travel for two years or until the expiration of the passport’s validity term, whichever comes first.
What happens next after I fill out the ESTA form?
We encourage you to read our other blog posts and our ESTA guide for more information on how to complete the form, but in this piece, we’ll focus on what happens once you’ve submitted it. Once you have completed your ESTA application, you will get notification of the status of your authorization within 24 hours, and in most cases considerably sooner (within an hour).
