Yintoni iESTA kwaye Ngoobani Abafanelekileyo?

I-United States of America ineendidi ezahlukeneyo zee-visa ukuze abantu abavela kumazwe ahlukeneyo bafake izicelo zabo xa beceba utyelelo. Ezinye izizwe zifanelekile ukukhutshwa kwe-visa phantsi kweprogram yokukhutshwa kwe-visa (VWP). Kwangaxeshanye, abanye kufuneka bavele kudliwano-ndlebe lwabo Inkqubo ye-visa yase-US ngokobuqu, ngelixa abanye befanelekile ukuqhubekekisa zabo isicelo se-visa kwi-intanethi.

Abo baviwa bafanelekele i-VWP kufuneka bafake isicelo se-ESTA (iNkqubo ye-Electronic for Travel Authorization). Qhubeka ufunda ukuze ukwazi ngakumbi malunga nemithetho ye-ESTA kunye nenkqubo yayo.

Ngawaphi Amazwe Afanelekileyo?

Abemi bala mazwe alandelayo angama-40 banelungelo lenkqubo yokukhutshwa kwe-visa kwaye abafuni ukuba bagcwalise Ifomu yesicelo se-visa yase-US.

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Croatia, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Malta , Norway, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.

Abahambi abafanelekileyo be-ESTA abangena e-United States kufuneka babe ne-e-passport ukuba iipaspoti zabo zikhutshwe emva kwe-26 Oktobha 2006. I-e-Passport iqulethe i-electron chip ephethe yonke ingcaciso kwiphepha le-bio-data yomgibeli kunye nefoto yedijithali.

Ngenxa yolunye utshintsho kwimigaqo-nkqubo ye-visa yase-US, abemi bamazwe akhankanywe ngasentla kufuneka bafumane imvume yabo ye-ESTA. Ixesha lokucubungula eliqhelekileyo ziiyure ezingama-72, ngoko ke abafaki-zicelo kufuneka bafake izicelo ubuncinane kwiintsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kohambo. Kucetyiswa ukuba bayenze kwangoko kwaye baqale amalungiselelo abo okuhamba kuphela emva kokufumana imvume. Abahambi banokufaka isicelo se-ESTA kwi-intanethi okanye nge-arhente egunyazisiweyo.

Amaxesha amaninzi, abahambi bayalibala ukufaka isicelo se-ESTA kwaye bayenze ngosuku lwabo lokuhamba. Nangona izinto zihlala zihamba kakuhle ukuba umhambi unazo zonke ezinye izinto ngolungelelwano, ngamanye amaxesha ukuhlolwa kunokuthatha ixesha elide, kwaye abafaki-zicelo kufuneka baluhlehlise uhambo lwabo.

Yintoni uMahluko phakathi kwe-ESTA kunye neVisa?

I-ESTA sisigunyaziso sokuhamba esivunyiweyo kodwa ayithathwa njenge-visa. I-ESTA ayihlangabezani neemfuneko ezisemthethweni okanye zolawulo ukuze usebenze endaweni ye-visa yase-United States.

Abanini be-ESTA banokusebenzisa kuphela imvume yokhenketho, ishishini okanye uhambo, kodwa ukuba bafuna ukuhlala ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezingama-90, ukufunda okanye ukusebenza, kufuneka bafikelele kudidi lwe-visa. Inkqubo iyafana nabanye abantu apho umviwa kufuneka agcwalise ifom yesicelo se-visa yase-US, ahlawule umrhumo wesicelo kwaye angenise amaxwebhu ongezelelweyo.

Abantu abanee-visa ezisebenzayo banokuya eUnited States ngaloo visa ngenjongo yokuba ikhutshwe. Abantu abahamba ngee-visa ezisebenzayo akufuneki bafake izicelo ze-ESTA.

Abafake izicelo kufuneka bafake isicelo se-visa ukuba bahamba ngenqwelomoya yabucala okanye nayiphi na i-non-VWP-evunyiweyo yolwandle okanye inqwelo moya.

IVisa yase-US kwi-Intanethi ngoku iyafumaneka ukuba ifunyenwe ngefowuni ephathwayo okanye ithebhulethi okanye iPC nge-imeyile, ngaphandle kokufuna utyelelo kwindawo US Uzakuzo. Kwakhona, Ifomu yesicelo seVisa yase-US yenziwe lula ukuba igqitywe kwi-intanethi kule website phantsi kwemizuzu emi-15.

Kutheni i-ESTA ifuneka?

Ukususela ngoJanuwari 2009, i-US yenze ukuba kube yimfuneko kubahambi abafanelekayo be-VWP abatyelela ilizwe ngokuhlala okufutshane ukuze bafake isicelo se-ESTA. Ezona zizathu lukhuseleko kunye nothintelo lobunqolobi elizweni okanye kwenye indawo ehlabathini. Yenze ukuba urhulumente akwazi ukulawula kwaye abhalise ulwazi malunga nabahambi abaza e-US ukuhlala ixesha elifutshane. Ezi zinto zabavumela ukuba baphonononge kwangaphambili ukuba umfaki-sicelo unesimo sokutyelela i-US ngaphandle kwe-visa okanye ukuba umntu unokuba sisisongelo kwi-US ukuba uvunyelwe.

Abantu kufuneka baqaphele ukugunyaziswa nge-ESTA akuqinisekisi ukungena kweli lizwe. Amagosa e-US Customs kunye noKhuseleko lweBorder ngabasemagunyeni bokugqibela malunga nokufaneleka komhambi ukuba angene elizweni. Kukho izinto ezinokwenzeka zokuba umntu angavunyelwa ukuba amkelwe aze agxothelwe kwilizwe lakhe.

Amaxwebhu afunekayo kwi-ESTA yokuGunyanyiswa kweSicelo sokuHamba

Abafaki zicelo abafanelekileyo kwiprogram ye-ESTA yokukhutshwa kwe-visa kufuneka balungele kunye namaxwebhu ayimfuneko kunye nolwazi abanokuthi bacelwe ngalo ngexesha lenkqubo yesicelo. Ezi ziquka

• Ipasipoti esebenzayo:  Ipaspoti kufuneka isebenze ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezintandathu ukusuka kumhla wokufika komhambi e-USA. Ukuba ayisebenzi, hlaziya okufanayo phambi kokufaka isicelo seESTA. Abahambi kufuneka bagcwalise ulwazi lwepaspoti kwisicelo se-ESTA ukuze bazalise Inkqubo ye-visa yase-US.
• Olunye ulwazi: Ngamanye amaxesha, abasemagunyeni banokucela idilesi, inombolo yomnxeba, kunye nezinye iinkcukacha zonxibelelwano e-USA apho umenzi-sicelo ahlala khona. Bamele bayiphendule ngokuchanekileyo nangenyaniso.
• Idilesi yemeyile:  Abafaki-zicelo kufuneka banike idilesi ye-imeyile esebenzayo ukuze abasemagunyeni banxibelelane malunga nesicelo sabo. Imvume yeESTA yohambo lwase-USA iya kufikelela kwi-imeyile kwiiyure ezingama-72. Kucetyiswa ukuba uprinte ikopi yoxwebhu ngelixa useluhambeni.
• Intlawulo ye-Visa:  Kunye nesicelo se-visa kwi-intanethi, abagqatswa kufuneka benze umrhumo wesicelo se-visa ngedebhithi esebenzayo okanye ikhadi letyala.

Abaviwa banokufaka isicelo se-visa ukuba isicelo sabo se-ESTA saliwe.

Abafaki-zicelo abane-ESTA Isicelo se-visa saseMelika yaliwe kwi-intanethi isenokwenza isicelo ngokugcwalisa entsha Ifomu yesicelo se-visa yase-US kunye nokuhlawula umrhumo ongabuyiswayo wokusetyenzwa kwe-visa. Kodwa basenokungakufanelekeli ukusetyenzwa isicelo se-visa kwi-intanethi. 

Nangona kunjalo, xa abaviwa baphinda befaka isicelo se-visa, kufuneka baphathe amaxwebhu amaninzi ukuqinisekisa izizathu zabo zokutyelela. Nangona banokuphinda bafake isicelo emva kweentsuku ezintathu zokusebenza, akunakwenzeka ukuba iimeko zabo zingatshintsha kweso saziso sifutshane, kwaye Isicelo se-visa saseMelika inokuphinda yaliwe.

Ke, kufuneka balinde ixesha elithile, baphucule isikhundla sabo kwaye bafake isicelo ngokutsha Ifomu yesicelo se-visa yase-US kunye nezizathu ezinamandla ezinamaxwebhu angqina ukuba kutheni kufuneka batyelele ilizwe.

Ngokunjalo, abanye abantu banqatshelwe i-visa phantsi kwecandelo 214 B bazama ukufaka isicelo se-ESTA, kodwa baya kwalelwa imvume. Kwiimeko ezininzi, ziya kwaliwa. Kucetyiswa ukuba balinde kwaye baphucule isimo sabo.

Ukunyaniseka kweESTA 

Uxwebhu lokuhamba lwe-ESTA lusebenza iminyaka emibini ukususela kumhla wokukhutshwa kwaye luvumela abafaki-zicelo ukuba bangene kweli lizwe ngamaxesha amaninzi. Bangahlala ubuninzi beentsuku ezingama-90 kutyelelo ngalunye. Kufuneka balishiye ilizwe baze baphinde bangene ukuba baceba uhambo olongezelelekileyo.

Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuba incwadana yokundwendwela isebenze ngaphaya kweminyaka emibini, okanye i-ESTA iya kuphelelwa ngomhla wokuphelelwa kwepaspoti. Abafake izicelo kufuneka baphinde bafake isicelo se-ESTA entsha emva kokufumana ipaspoti entsha.

Ngaba abakhweli abadlula e-USA bafuna imvume yeESTA?

Ewe, bonke abahambi abenza naluphi na uhlobo lokumisa e-USA, kubandakanywa abakhweli abahambayo, kufuneka babambe i-visa esebenzayo okanye i-ESTA. Uxwebhu olusebenzayo lwe-ESTA luya kwenza abakhweli batshintshe iinqwelomoya/izikhululo zeenqwelomoya ngelixa besiya kwezinye iindawo. Abo bangafanelekanga ukuba bangene kwiVWP kufuneka bangenise a Isicelo se-visa saseMelika kwi-visa yokuthutha ukutshintsha inqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, nokuba abazimiselanga ukuhlala elizweni.

Ngaba abancinci kunye neentsana bafuna i-ESTA? 

Ewe, abantwana kunye nabantwana, nokuba bangakanani na ubudala, kufuneka babe neepaspoti ezahlukeneyo kwaye kufuneka babe ne-ESTA. Luxanduva lomzali/umgcini wabo ukwenza isicelo phambi kokuba bacwangcise uhambo lwabo.

Usifaka njani isicelo seESTA kwi-Intanethi?

Ukuqhubekeka kwesicelo seESTA asiyonkqubo ende kwaye ilula, ngokungafaniyo ne Isicelo se-visa saseMelika inkqubo. Inkqubo iyakhawuleza kwaye akufuneki ithathe ngaphezu kwemizuzu engama-20 ukuyigqiba. Abafake izicelo kufuneka balandele le miyalelo ingezantsi:

Okokuqala: Abafaki-zicelo banokundwendwela iwebhusayithi ye-ESTA kwaye bagcwalise ifom ye-elektroniki ngolwazi olubanzi malunga nohambo lwabo. Ukuba abafaki zicelo bafuna i-ESTA yabo ngokukhawuleza, kufuneka bakhethe ukhetho "ukuhanjiswa ngokukhawuleza."

Okwesibini: Emva koko, yenza intlawulo ye-intanethi. Qinisekisa ukuba zonke iinkcukacha ezifakiweyo zichanekile phambi kokuba wenze intlawulo. Xa i-ESTA ivunyiwe akukho ntlawulo yongezelelweyo ihlawuliswayo.

Nje ukuba inkqubo igqitywe, uya kufumana i-imeyile yokuqinisekisa.

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