ESTA and APIS Question

[ujpest doza]

I gave my APIS information when i booked my flights and then completed and was successful with our ESTAS.

Due to the owner losing the villa we'd booked because of the recession, we now have a different holiday address to what we originally stated.

Do i need to contact the airline and update the APIS information and also do i need to change my ESTA?

[steph_goodrum]

Yes and yes.

You will also still have to fill in the green form for visa waiver so if you put a different address on there to that registered you may find a problem. Not necessarily but if they dont correlate could raise a red flag.

[NigelM]

Oh no...

I thought that using ESTA meant you did not have to hand complete that pesky green form?

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

I'm afraid you still have to fill in the green form [msnsad].
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by NigelM
Oh no...

I thought that using ESTA meant you did not have to hand complete that pesky green form?
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[NigelM]

I travel in July..will it still be the case then?

[steph_goodrum]

No telling, Nigel since the website originally said that once it became mandatory (Jan 12th this year) then the green form would no longer be necessary, I think they are still implementing it nationally so as with many new systems it takes a while to make sure it's all done and all Immigration officers trained etc before they do away with it.

[lafifille]

I would do the change, you don't want to lose time with that sgould they notice the difference. It's only a couple of minutes on the website to change the information anyway.

[ujpest doza]

Thanks for the replies everyone, i've had a look at the ESTA website again and there is a link for you to change certain information and the address where you're staying is one such thing you can update.

[Mo Green]

We flew to Florida just over a week ago. Virgin asked us to complete online details of our address while in the USA before flying and we had to complete the green card before going through immigration but at no time were we ever asked for out ESTA approval number or asked to show the approval form. It seems the USA are not ready for it yet.

[Robert5988]

As posted in a previous thread, the immigration officer was aware that I had registered on my last trip in Feb so the some details are on the computer.

Certainly the announced intent was that ESTA would replace the I94W waiver; however the immigration officer told me that the waiver form will never be phased out(so ?????)