Visa Waiver Scheme Update

[chrisj]

I would assume they have some form of checking your details out before you land ??. I would
have thought that once the plane has taken off that details of all passangers are faxed ahead
of you. Or does this sound silly

[blott]

Paulm, the INS check your passport and name with their computer system on arrival (whether you've got a visa or are on a visa waiver or not) and I doubt that you'd even get past the Immigration desk if you happened to be Ronnie Biggs (isn't he dead?) or had a criminal conviction! We have no way of knowing exactly what info the INS has on its computer system but they do check every single passport and name!