David Daniell wrote: > Can you come up with an authoritative source for the first date > (excluding wartime) > when a British subject could enter the United States > *only* with the production of a current passport? If you contact the UK Passport Service, they should be able to tell you when it was necessary for UK citizens to have a visa to enter the US and what year this requirement was abolished. There was talk about visas being reintroduced but I don't think this actually came about. I was able to do so in 1989, no visa, but my sister insisted I did need a visa. She was wrong but she was basing her insistance on the fact that she had needed one in the early 1980s - can't remember which year though.
Thanks Firebird, I've no interest in Visas, only in a need for a Passport! and whether or not it is worth hunting for records of an applicatio; and how much to worry if no application is on record. I feel sure you have the answer. David On 22/10/2008, at 1:22 AM, Firebird wrote: > David Daniell wrote: > >> Can you come up with an authoritative source for the first date >> (excluding wartime) >> when a British subject could enter the United States >> *only* with the production of a current passport? > > If you contact the UK Passport Service, they should be able to tell > you when it was necessary for UK citizens to have a visa to enter the > US and what year this requirement was abolished. There was talk about > visas being reintroduced but I don't think this actually came about. > > I was able to do so in 1989, no visa, but my sister insisted I did > need a visa. She was wrong but she was basing her insistance on the > fact that she had needed one in the early 1980s - can't remember which > year though. > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk > , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able > to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message