Off-topic question, visa waiver program

Hanna

Sorry for being so off-topic but there are a lot of Europeans and Americans here so I was hoping someone might know something about this.

Have any of you been to the US on the visa waiver program or otherwise know how it works? I know you're supposed to fill out some forms (even know what they look like at a US gov website) and show when you enter and then hand in the final part of it when you leave the US, but what I don't know is where to get these forms.

What I've read suggests that you should be able to get them on the plane or possibly at arrival, but I have found no concrete information that this is indeed the case. There is *nothing* about it on the airline website, which I guess isn't that surprising, but I don't know where else to look or who to ask.

Any clue where I'm supposed to get these forms?

Frizzer

Hi there, we were given the forms on the plane when we went in October. They're green if my memory serves me correctly!
We showed the form at customs and they kept part of it, the rest of it is then handed back when you leave.

bandargc

www.usimmigrationsupport.org

Hanna

Thanks Frizzer, that's relieving to hear. How did they know that you needed the forms though?

(Lol, sorry, I'm nervous and worried that I'll mess something up. Never been on a plane before, never been outside of Europe before, not been on any kind of vacation/non-daily-routine-thing for about five years and haven't been out of the country for ten. Also been making it worse by telling myself over and over (without really being aware of it) that there's so much that can go wrong, there's so much that can go wrong, there's so much that can go on. That kinda stopped after I started noticing it for some reason.)

Frizzer

You've nothing to worry about.
Before you land the flight attendants come round the plane asking if you are a US citizen or not. If you aren't they hand you the form to fill out.

Hanna

Ah, cool. Thank you

I've read a lot about all of this because I'd hate to get there only to find out there was something I was supposed to do and hadn't and be denied entry or something (still worried about that ) but I've found nothing concrete about how it actually works before so I thought I'd ask.

Leaving on Saturday for 10 days to visit friends. Both nervous and excited. I'm looking forward to it. (And then when I get back, I'm sure I'll have tons of threads here to read :thumbsup: )