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ESTA Portal US is a private third-party assistance service and is not affiliated with the U.S. Government. Travelers may also apply directly through the official government website at esta.cbp.dhs.gov.
Start your US ESTA application below — secure, mobile-friendly, and reviewed before submission to CBP.
Travelers from Visa Waiver Program countries can apply ESTA US Entry for tourism, business, or transit visits up to 90 days. This is a private assistance service for the United States ESTA — not a USA visa, and not the ESTA gov website.
How many travelers will be on this application (including yourself)?
Allows multiple entries
Per visit
Typically within 2 days
The US ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) is a pre-travel screening required by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for citizens of Visa Waiver Program countries. It is not a US visa. It is a permission to board a plane or ship bound for the United States and to be considered for entry on arrival. The ESTA application is the same form whether you submit it on the official CBP website or through an assistance service like ours. The decision is made by CBP. Nobody — not us, not any other site — can change that.
This page exists so you can apply ESTA US Entry without guessing what each field means and without re-typing data three times because the official form rejected a date format. We charge a service fee on top of the CBP government fee for that work. If you do not want assistance, the official site is esta.cbp.dhs.gov and it costs only the CBP government fee per applicant. That is the honest version.
You need a US ESTA if you hold a passport from a Visa Waiver Program country (UK, most of the EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and others) and you are flying or sailing to the United States for tourism, business, transit, or short medical visits up to 90 days.
If your trip is longer than 90 days, if you plan to work, study, immigrate, or marry in the US, ESTA USA is the wrong document. You need a US visa from a US embassy or consulate. We do not process visas. We will not pretend otherwise.
The form takes about 10–15 minutes if you have everything ready. It takes considerably longer if you are searching for your passport halfway through. Get these in front of you before you click Start:
Electronic passport from a Visa Waiver Program country, valid for the full duration of your stay. The passport number, issue date, and expiry date must be entered exactly as printed.
A working email address and a phone number. CBP and we both send updates by email. If you mistype it, you will not see your status.
Hotel, friend's house, or business address. If your trip is not booked, you can write "Unknown" — CBP accepts that.
Current employer name and address. Recent travel to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, North Korea, or Cuba. Any previous US visa refusals or arrests.
Visa, Mastercard, Amex, or Discover. The total at checkout includes the CBP government fee plus our service fee — itemised, not hidden.
Parents' full names. CBP asks for these. They do not need to be alive, in the US, or contactable. Just the names.
Five short steps: trip details, your information, passport, processing, review. Auto-saved as you go.
We check for the obvious failures CBP rejects on: wrong date formats, mismatched names, expired passports, missing parent fields.
Your ESTA application is filed with CBP within 24 hours of payment. Most decisions come back in 72 hours, sometimes minutes.
Approved, Pending, or Travel Not Authorized. We forward the CBP response and your authorisation number — keep it.
If your ESTA is denied, you generally need to apply for a US visa at an embassy. We will not refund the CBP government fee — CBP keeps that whether you are approved or not. That is their rule, not ours.
CBP recommends applying at least 72 hours before departure. We recommend applying as soon as you know you are travelling — there is no benefit to waiting and there is real risk in leaving it to the airport check-in desk.
An approved ESTA is valid for 2 years or until your passport expires, whichever is sooner. If you get a new passport, you need a new ESTA application. If you change name, gender, country of citizenship, or your answers to the eligibility questions change — new ESTA.
An ESTA is enough. A full us visa appointment at an embassy is overkill for a short holiday or business meeting under the Visa Waiver Program.
You need a us visa — H, F, J, L, O, or immigrant category. ESTA does not cover paid work, enrolment at a US school, or relocation. Do not try to use it for that.
If you have a prior refusal, overstay, or visa cancellation, ESTA will likely reject you. A us visa interview at an embassy is the proper route — slower, more expensive, but the right path.
ESTA is narrow on purpose. It covers short tourism, business, and transit. It does not give you the rights or duration of a standard us visa. Be honest about what your trip is. Lying on the form is not a strategy — CBP cross-checks against airline manifests, biometric exit data, and previous applications.
If CBP returns "Travel Not Authorized," your only realistic next step is a us visa application at the nearest US embassy or consulate. That means a DS-160 form, an in-person interview, biometrics, and a separate consular fee paid to the US government. We do not handle that process. We will not pretend we can fast-track it.
A us visa interview takes weeks to months depending on the embassy. Approval is at the consular officer's discretion — same as ESTA. Be truthful, bring documents, and do not exaggerate ties to your home country. Plenty of travellers denied an ESTA are later approved for a B1/B2 us visa once they sit in front of an officer and answer questions properly.
One last reminder before you apply ESTA
ESTA Portal US is a private third-party assistance service operated by Nascent Pharma Holdings Inc. We are not affiliated with the U.S. Government or U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The official US ESTA application is available directly at esta.cbp.dhs.gov for the CBP government fee with no additional service charge. Use whichever service suits you.
We are an independent ESTA online assistance service for travelers heading to ESTA America. We do not promise faster CBP decisions and we do not pretend to be the ESTA gov website. What we do is reduce the small mistakes that get an ESTA visa application kicked back — wrong date formats, mismatched passport details, missed eligibility questions — and itemize every fee so you know exactly what you are paying for.
Secure by default
TLS encryption end-to-end. Card data never stored on our servers.
Human-checked
Each ESTA application is reviewed for obvious CBP rejection triggers before submission.
Mobile-friendly
Apply ESTA from any phone, tablet, or laptop. No app install needed.
Transparent pricing
CBP government fee and our service fee shown separately at checkout.
To use ESTA for US visa entry under the Visa Waiver Program, the basics are simple: hold an electronic passport from a VWP country, travel for tourism, business, or transit, stay 90 days or less, and have no disqualifying history. If you meet those, ESTA USA is the right route. If you do not, a standard USA visa from a US embassy is the alternative.
No. An ESTA is travel authorization under the Visa Waiver Program. A US visa is issued by an embassy and allows longer or different categories of stay. If you need to work, study, or stay over 90 days, ESTA is not enough.
CBP typically returns a decision within 72 hours. Many ESTA applications are decided within minutes. We cannot guarantee a CBP timeline and we cannot move you up the queue — nobody can.
Technically yes via your phone, but airlines may refuse to board you while your ESTA is still Pending. Apply at least 72 hours before flying.
There is a CBP government fee per applicant plus our service fee, shown separately at checkout. Applying directly on the ESTA gov website (esta.cbp.dhs.gov) costs only the CBP government fee — no service fee, no assistance.
The CBP government fee is non-refundable by government rule. Our service fee is governed by our refund policy — read it before purchase.
Most fields cannot be edited after submission. The only field you can change on an approved ESTA is your US address. For anything else, you submit a new ESTA application and pay the CBP government fee again.
No. This is a private third-party ESTA online assistance service. The official ESTA website is esta.cbp.dhs.gov, operated by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). We are not affiliated with CBP or the U.S. Government.
Citizens of Visa Waiver Program countries (UK, most EU states, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and others) travelling to the United States for tourism, business, or transit up to 90 days.
