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Originally Posted by Golfingworld
This is not correct, you do not need an "electronic passport" or bio passport yet to go to the US, if you ar an EU Citizen. You need a "machine readable" passport with a foto that is scanned in, rather than stuck in. This is all made very clear on the US website and they have extended the use of current passports for some more time.
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Actually THAT is not correct. As a EU citizen you need a machine readable passport (aka electronic passport). They do NOT allow entry without those passports irrespective of what they may or may not say on the US website.
As someone who didn't have an "electronic" or "machine readable" passport until June this year when they refused entry into the States because I had a "current" passport and not a "electronic" or "machine readable", I can pretty much guarantee you that I know what I'm talking about. Either that or Delta just felt like making me stop over in London for three days to sort out a new passport before I continued on my journey.
And I was only stopping in Atlanta for 3 hours getting a connecting flight to Central America, so...