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United States: None [note 46] ... Hong Kong Sample visa no longer issued in travel documents since 2021. e-visas are issued instead since 2021. ... South Africa: old ...
Form DS–160 has been unavailable for more than three days and the officer receives explicit permission from the Visa Office. A final rule in 2023 stated that "the Form DS-156 is the paper-based nonimmigrant visa application and can only be used in limited circumstances." [13]
If a longer stay is intended, a visa is required. [3] ESTA does not guarantee entry to the United States. CBP officers make the final determination of admissibility (entry) to the United States and may cancel or deny ESTA at any time during travel, for example for suspicions of giving false information in the application.
Page of a passport with machine-readable zone in the red oval (US passport pictured) Passport booklets have an identity page containing the identity data. This page is in the ID-3 size of 125 × 88 mm (4.92 × 3.46 in). The data of the machine-readable zone consists of two rows of 44 characters each.
A South African passport is a valid proof of citizenship document according to South African nationality law. As of January 2025, citizens of South Africa enjoyed visa-free access to 103 countries, of which some countries may require pre-travel registration according to the Henley Passport Index.
A U.S. visa does not authorize entry into the United States or a stay in a particular status, but only serves as a preliminary permission to travel to the United States and to seek admission at a port of entry. The final admission to the United States is made at the port of entry by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.
As of 2025, holders of a United States passport may travel to 183 countries and territories without a travel visa, or with a visa on arrival. The United States passport ranks [Note 1] 9th in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is also ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
An electronic visa (e-Visa or eVisa) is stored in a computer and is linked to the passport number so no label, sticker, or stamp is placed in the passport before travel. The application is done over the internet, and the receipt acts as a visa, which can be printed or stored on a mobile device.