ESTA Mobile 4+
US Customs and Border Protection
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- Free
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Description
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.
What’s New
Version 1.14.0
Enhancement to store and retrieve ESTA application using Biometric Authentication on your device and minor bug fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Happy experience
The app is very useful and it was quick to submit the application and get the result back. In the the second scan process all you need to do is resting the camera on the passport (camera lenses facing the passport and the phone screen facing up). While the phone is rested on the passport, slowly drag the phone toward yourself and it will scan and read the cover magically.
Hard to negotiate
This was possibly the worst experience.
Mainly because the face recognition was work took my took my image more than 10 times, then I had to try another four times, then another 10 times.
The scanning of the inside of the passport image we well as recognised and automatically filled in my digital details .
It took nearly TWO hours to keep scanning my passport cover to recognise my passport which was okay.
I had to scan my cover several times over different times, over periods of 45 minutes, half an hour, and 40 minutes.
The App was NOT recognising any of UK mobile phones numbers. When listening ‘Unknown’ as address couldn’t recognise there is problems in listening the unknown for US telephone numbers !
As result of not listening telephone numbers was not able to pass or store this section.
It had take me over 3 hours to try and negotiate this App due to the above problems, Apps are supposed to be easy !!!
The e-Capita should take in consideration of these problems.
Should these above problems cause the service user of savings and and re-opening the account, over a 4 hour period.
Capita could design a App much better!!
Overall ok, could be improved
It was easy enough to complete the information required, however allowing the user to type where the drop down menus are would save time scrolling through all the different options on the drop down menus, which there are a lot of. It could also pre populate duplicate information requirements.
During payment it doesn’t allow Apple Pay, by the time I had got my card out it wouldn’t allow me to pay which resulted in me waiting until the next day to complete the payment process. I appreciate I should have had my card to hand but most apps allow Apple Pay or auto populates card information.
App Privacy
The developer, US Customs and Border Protection, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Sensitive Info
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Size
- 116.9 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Price
- Free