If you are travelling to the States you have to apply for an ESTA visa. Until now this has been free of charge however from 08 September the US Government will be charging $14pp for the visa.
The visa is actually valid for 2 years so if you are travelling within the next 2 years apply for your ESTA now whilst it is still free. In future you will be charged $10 to renew your application, so again my advice is that if you are going to have to renew – just apply for a new one before the 08th September and then you will have a full 2 years for free.
Once the charges are in place always check your charges before you apply – there are a lot of visa service wesited out there that will charge you more to apply for the visa. Never pay more than $14pp. The official US imigration website can be reached via https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/esta.html
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