View Full Version : Applied for 3 new esta's...
..and all three showing pending?
We have done these before with no issues,is this just normal,we just normal people and have been to florida like 10 times before.
Only thing i can think off is me and the daughter having italian passports?
Any response to calm me would be nice lol...
Phew!
Just checked back,autorization approved,welcome to america it says...yippee!!
So if any of you receive such message check back after hr or so..
Phew!
Just checked back,autorization approved,welcome to america it says...yippee!!
So if any of you receive such message check back after hr or so..
Pleased to hear you are 'welcome to America'. We have got to apply for more ESTA's for our next trip and your post has acted as a timely reminder for us to not leave it to the last minute just in case we have the same problem.
Phew!
Just checked back,autorization approved,welcome to america it says...yippee!!
So if any of you receive such message check back after hr or so..
I had the same a week or so ago. I think it could be related to payments. Never had it before and like you verified within an hour.
ujpest doza
09-10-2012, 12:14
happened last time i did ours, were authorised the next day.
Need to do ours, and this has prompted me to get it done today. Glad that you are telling us of having to wait as I would worry if I had the message "waiting authorisation" :confused:
E. Cosgrove
12-10-2012, 09:53
I was helping friends apply yesterday and got the same message, luckily I had read this thread and could reassure them. They were approved within the hour, yippee!!![clap]
Our girls only tour will touchdown on 23rd Nov, cant wait:)
Nice to of helped and remembered some of you guys,an easy thing to forget if you booking everything yourself...happy holidays!
seanchai
15-10-2012, 15:55
Thanks for the link to the us gov for esta 's guys....we applied for our's today and got authorisation within half an hour ...thats another thing i can tick of my list "to do's":).
SteveandJan
17-10-2012, 14:16
I had the same with mine in July this year and it was very near my travel date, so I won't leave it that late again in the future
PAUL GIZZI
06-01-2013, 10:00
i applied for 5 visa's on the 2nd January and still havent heard back ( we all had one last year? ) hopefully a back log over xmas
Have you logged on to check the status of them?
Could have been a glitch in the system and it did not record the info.
Lynne
steph_goodrum
06-01-2013, 13:45
i applied for 5 visa's on the 2nd January and still havent heard back ( we all had one last year? ) hopefully a back log over xmas
Do you mean Visas or ESTA's? If they really are Visas you probably wont hear that quickly. If it is Estas then they last for 2 years or until your passport runs out so yours may still be valid. Generally when applying for ESTAs there is an immediate response to acknowledge your application, whether it be approved or pending. If youu have heard nothing for any of the 5 then I suspect they didnt get into the system for some reason. Did they take payment and confirm receipt?
Even when we have looked andput in passport number if it hasnt expired it has told us there is a valid esta for the passport in question. we also all received a reminder when our estas weredue to expire last year.
PAUL GIZZI
06-01-2013, 15:33
Do you mean Visas or ESTA's? If they really are Visas you probably wont hear that quickly. If it is Estas then they last for 2 years or until your passport runs out so yours may still be valid. Generally when applying for ESTAs there is an immediate response to acknowledge your application, whether it be approved or pending. If youu have heard nothing for any of the 5 then I suspect they didnt get into the system for some reason. Did they take payment and confirm receipt?
Even when we have looked andput in passport number if it hasnt expired it has told us there is a valid esta for the passport in question. we also all received a reminder when our estas weredue to expire last year.
Sorry its not visa but Esta's. payment of $70 has been charged to my card, this is all i got in the email -Group Information
Group ID: 8932744708
Create Date/time: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 10:23:18
But if i enter that group id nothing is found?
Any ideas?
caroline
06-01-2013, 16:19
You could try searching with your passport number
PAUL GIZZI
06-01-2013, 19:09
You could try searching with your passport number
How do you do that?
caroline
06-01-2013, 20:51
Sorry Paul I made a mistake you can only use your passport number to retrieve an approved application
steph_goodrum
06-01-2013, 21:13
Having looked at the offical website it looks straight forward enough to put in your group id and even retrieve it if you don't know it. It could just be that because the the holidays there is a bit of a backlog but you would expect that if it was being done electronically then the computers would keep running. If you havent heard anything more by the end of the week it would be worth checking as to why you can't retrieve/check it using your group id
I applied for 2 ESTAs last night and they were approved straight away.
Trina
PAUL GIZZI
07-01-2013, 06:56
Sorry Paul I made a mistake you can only use your passport number to retrieve an approved application
HAPPY NOW so i tried to retrieve single application and found all approved, didnt get an email but happy now