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Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p... by jacobp100 on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:26AM (#42634586)
It’ll take a lot longer in the EU. You need fingerprints taken there
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Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p... by paulb73 on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:43AM (#42634746)
When I last travelled to the USA from the UK, it took weeks to get the ESTA. Might be quicker now, but 10 minutes sounds like lightning to me!
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Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p... by dagw on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:48AM (#42634796)
Some people seem to get their application flagged for manual review, and that can take a long time. Otherwise it takes less than 20-30 minutes to get a reply in my experience.
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