{"question":{"passport":"GBR","destination":"MNP","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Travel authorisation, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"eta","message":"Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (ESTA). The authorisation itself is valid 730 days, that is not how long you may stay.","schemeName":"ESTA","authorisationValidityDays":730},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"BIOMETRIC_PASSPORT","text":"Beginning on April 1, 2016, the passport is an electronic passport that is fraud-resistant, contains relevant biographic and biometric information (as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security), and otherwise satisfies internationally accepted standards for electronic passports."},{"kind":"PASSPORT_FEATURE","text":"The passport is a machine-readable passport that is tamper-resistant, incorporates document authentication identifiers, and otherwise satisfies the internationally accepted standard for machine readability."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"dhs-vwp","url":"https://www.dhs.gov/visa-waiver-program","passage":"The Visa Waiver Program (VWP), administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in consultation with the Department of State, permits citizens of designated countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for stays of up to 90 days without a visa. … The following countries are currently designated for participation in the VWP. … United Kingdom§ … The United Kingdom refers only to British citizens who have the unrestricted right of permanent abode in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man); it does not refer to British overseas citizens, British dependent territories' citizens, or citizens of British Commonwealth countries. … Eligible citizens or nationals from VWP countries must obtain approval through ESTA prior to traveling to the United States under the VWP.","explanation":"The DHS page designates the United Kingdom for the VWP subject to the note limiting it to British citizens with the unrestricted right of permanent abode in the United Kingdom, who obtain ESTA and 90 days.","publisher":"The following countries are currently designated for participation in the VWP."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[{"headline":"Travel authorisation, 45 days","conditions":[{"kind":"PASSPORT_FEATURE","text":"Be in possession of a valid unexpired ICAO compliant, machine readable passport issued by a country that meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (q)(2) of this section"},{"kind":"ENTRY_REQUIREMENT","text":"Be in possession of a round trip ticket that is nonrefundable and nontransferable and bears a confirmed departure date not exceeding forty-five days from the date of admission to Guam or the CNMI"}],"source":{"documentId":"cfr2121","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1","passage":"(iii) Be solely entering and staying on Guam or the CNMI for a period not to exceed forty-five days; … (v) On or after November 29, 2024, receive electronic travel authorization pursuant to paragraph (q)(9) of this section; … Nationals of the following countries are eligible to participate in the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program for purposes of admission to both Guam and the CNMI: Australia, Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.","explanation":"The regulation lists the countries eligible for the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program for admission to both Guam and the CNMI, limits the stay to forty-five days, and requires an electronic travel authorization from CBP on or after November 29, 2024, so each listed national must obtain that authorization before travel and may stay up to 45 days.","publisher":"eCFR :: 8 CFR 212.1 -- Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants."}}],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}