ESTA Mobile

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

About this app

The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) app from U.S. Customs and Border Protection allows Nationals of Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to apply and pay for a travel authorization without a visa. The ESTA app is a mobile version of the ESTA application process and information that can also be found on the ESTA website at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov.

The ESTA app currently has two features available: Apply for New Individual Application and Search for Existing Application.
• The “GET STARTED” feature allows travelers to create a new ESTA application, pay for the ESTA and submit the application to be processed by the system to determine if they are eligible to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program without a visa. The system will provide the traveler with an automated response.
• The “FIND IT” feature allows travelers to check the status of their existing ESTA application..
CBP recommends that you apply for ESTA at the time you book your travel, but no less than 72 hours prior to boarding.

Ratings and reviews

Everything is going well, until i got to the travellers details part, scan RF it then shows my details name dob etc, and that's it. No next / continue button, just frozen on that page. If click back it just shows, the previous page. I tried 4 times, each time it stays on the Travellers details page. I have a Samsung 23 ultra, and I noted some action buttons below cannot be seen properly. You cannot rotate page around either.

Got so frustrated with this app. I went on the Internet to get the correct address and phone number of the hotel but it would not let me get past that page! Every time I clicked NEXT it came up with error 99. I must have done it 10 times before it let me onto the next page! I triple checked that the address and phone number were correct! I think Gandalf the wizard from Lord of the Rings was banging his staff on the floor, shouting, "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" Eventually, I got through!

Completely failed app. Glitches and crashes endlessly. When I finally completed my application after half an hour, I clicked to pay, it did nothing, then eventually reset back to the homescreen... No record of my application.

What's new

Fix to address scanning issue with some recently issued passports