{"question":{"passport":"ISL","destination":"PRI","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).","schemeName":"ESTA"},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"BIOMETRIC_PASSPORT","text":"The passport must be an electronic passport that is fraud-resistant and contains biographic and biometric information."},{"kind":"TRAVELLER_STATUS","text":"The traveller must not be a national of Iraq, Syria, a state-sponsor-of-terrorism country, or another DHS-designated country of concern, and must not have been present in those places on or after 1 March 2011 (subject to the statute's military, official-duty and waiver exceptions)."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"dhs-vwp-countries","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.\nCountryVWP Travel Began\nAndorra\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nAustralia\nJuly 29, 1996\n\nAustria\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nBelgium\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nBrunei\nJuly 29, 1993\n\nChile\nMar. 31, 2014\n\nCroatia\nDec. 1, 2021\n\nCzech Republic\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nDenmark\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nEstonia\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nFinland\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nFrance\nJuly 1, 1989\n\nGermany\nJuly 15, 1989\n\nGreece\nApr. 5, 2010\n\nHungary\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nIceland\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nIreland\nApr. 1, 1995\n\nIsrael\nSept. 29, 2023\n\nItaly\nJuly 29, 1989\n\nJapan\nDec. 15, 1988\n\nKorea, Republic of\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nLatvia\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nLiechtenstein\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nLithuania\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nLuxembourg\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nMalta\nDec. 30, 2008\n\nMonaco\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nNetherlands†\nJuly 29, 1989\n\nNew Zealand\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nNorway\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nPoland\nNov. 11, 2019\n\nPortugal\nAug. 9, 1999\n\nQatar\nNov. 21, 2024\n\nSan Marino\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nSingapore\nAug. 9, 1999\n\nSlovakia\nNov. 17, 2008\n\nSlovenia\nSept. 30, 1997\n\nSpain\nOct. 1, 1991\n\nSweden\nJuly 15, 1989\n\nSwitzerland\nJuly 1, 1989\n\n … Eligible citizens or nationals from VWP countries must obtain approval through ESTA prior to traveling to the United States under the VWP.","explanation":"The 90-day sentence states the stay; the designated-country table is the Secretary's current list 8 CFR 217.2(a) incorporates by address, a fact the regulation itself cannot contain because the names move by designation; the ESTA sentence is why this is an authorisation rather than a walk-up exemption.","publisher":"An official website of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"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"}}