HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR USA ESTA VISA APPLICATION IS APPROVED?

There are three types of feedback to the ESTA application:

Authorization approved
Travel not authorized
Authorization pending

The applicants who receive approval are certified to travel to the United States under the visa waiver program.

And the applicants who receive the response as authorization pending needs to keep a check while checking the website for updates within the 72 hours to receive a final response.

The important steps you need to keep in mind while completing the US Visa application form:

It is very important for you to revises whether you have provided the correct number of your passport.
Try to complete each and every section with proper efficiency.
Always be honest while answering the questions.
Give your proper e-mail address and payment method.

The applicants whose ESTA application has been rejected will be referred to the U.S department of state as to how they can apply for the US visa to travel to the United States.

In most of the cases, The ESTA provides the immediate assurance of qualification to travel under the visa waiver program. Your application number is required in order to update your application or for checking your status. And in case you did not write your application number you can fetch the application number through the site of ESTA just by clicking on the Retrieve application number and by entering the name of the applicant, the birth date, passport number and the name of the country issuing the passport.

ESTA application fee is required by the Travel promotion act of 2009, the fee is included in two parts:

Converting charges.
Approval charges.

The ESTA visa it is quite very different from other USA visas. The ESTA visa is only available to the 38 countries and these are the countries that are under the visa waiver program. The people of these countries do not have to go to the embassy and apply, whereas you can apply from your home directly as you can fill the form online, and there are no interviews that you need to go through.

The requirements of ESTA are very easy to meet all you need is an electronic passport with the digital chip that contains your biometric information that is valid for another 6 months from the date of arrival in the US, an e-mail address, and a method of payment that allows the online payment.

The ESTA is only issued for business and pleasure purposes whereas you cannot start working or start attending university in the US. The only classes you can take under the ESTA is the cooking class during your vacation or anything of this sort. And if you do anything against all this will definitely have to face certain problems and you can get deported.

How long does the ESTA application take to approve:

The ESTA application is handled immediately online and the other applications in bulk are approved within a minute of submission. Nonetheless, in some of the cases, the decision on an application may be delayed by up to 72 hours.