ESTA Home Address - Brain Pick

Pooh's-Honey-Pot

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Hi all,

I need to complete my ESTA for my June trip. Trouble is I don't know what to put in the home address section as I've sold my house - not sure where I will be come June though as we are having a nightmare with delays so could be at my boyfriends, my mums, in rented or in the new house!

If I fill it in this week and put my current address is that OK, or will I then need to do another one nearer the time if I've moved? Do they ever check the address or are they happy that it was the address at time of completing the form?! If any one has had any experience of travelling on an ESTA with the address of a previous property I would be grateful!

With so much to do with a house move I am dying to tick this job off the list.
 
If your not going till June I would wait till the month before & then complete it, I usually do mine a couple of weeks before we travel.
 
Ok thanks, so you've travelled with an esta linked to an address that you no longer live at?
 


No, but you don't legally have to update an ESTA after it is granted so if you live there now, there is no need to update it once you move, and indeed home address is not one of the details that can be changed anyway.
 
I'm not sure that is correct Wilma. I think officially if you change address you have to re-do your ESTA, so I would wait and do it a month before you travel.
 
I'm not sure that is correct Wilma. I think officially if you change address you have to re-do your ESTA, so I would wait and do it a month before you travel.

If you change your address you do NOT have to redo your ESTA. The CBP website tells you what circumstances mean you have to reapply and a change of address is not one of them.

"If you obtain a new passport or change your name, gender or country of citizenship, you will be required to apply for a new travel authorization. This is also required if one of your answers to any of the VWP eligibility questions changes. The associated fee of $14 will be charged for each new application."

https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1073/kw/esta change address/session/L3RpbWUvMTQ5MDU0OTU1Ny9zaWQvWTJqZVl3ZW4=
 


When we flew in 2011, my husband had to get a new ESTA at the airport, because the address on his was not the address at which he was registered for council tax purposes. Maybe things have changed since then, I would not be surprised. I guess, the point is, he COULD get a new one instantly, so it was solvable.
 
When we flew in 2011, my husband had to get a new ESTA at the airport, because the address on his was not the address at which he was registered for council tax purposes. Maybe things have changed since then, I would not be surprised. I guess, the point is, he COULD get a new one instantly, so it was solvable.

I am intrigued about two things here. Who asked if his ESTA was issued with the address at which he was registered for council tax? And why would anybody even care? I have never been asked anything about my ESTA, and have travelled to the US at least once a year (sometimes 2 or 3 times) since it was introduced (and have moved 3 times during those years also). It isn't one of the details you can update on an ESTA, so there is no reason to assume that a change of address would invalidate an existing one.
 
His registered address had been changed after he got his ESTA. Thus, his ESTA was rejected at the airport. Everyone else's was fine,(because no such change had occurred for everyone else) and a quick check with the computer system, showed up the problem, and we were able to rectify it. These things get checked when your ESTA and travel docs are checked. You don't have to be outloud asked.
 
His registered address had been changed after he got his ESTA. Thus, his ESTA was rejected at the airport. Everyone else's was fine,(because no such change had occurred for everyone else) and a quick check with the computer system, showed up the problem, and we were able to rectify it. These things get checked when your ESTA and travel docs are checked. You don't have to be outloud asked.

It is unfortunate, then, that he did not make himself aware of the ESTA policy, because they were not within their rights to question the validity of his ESTA due to a change of address. I posted the link above to the ESTA website but, for avoidance of doubt, I will post the relevant information here (the bolded parts are the bits that clearly indicate what warrants a new ESTA - and, the bolded part at the bottom, again to reiterate that you do not have to apply for a new ESTA unless you get a new passport, change your name, your gender, your country of citizenship or the answers to the eligibility questions change):

If you obtain a new passport or change your name, gender or country of citizenship, you will be required to apply for a new travel authorization. This is also required if one of your answers to any of the VWP eligibility questions changes. The associated fee of $14 will be charged for each new application.

Once your ESTA application has been sent online, the application will be queried against appropriate law enforcement databases. In most cases, ESTA will provide an almost immediate approval for travel under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).

There are three types of responses to an ESTA application: Authorization Approved, Authorization Pending, and Travel Not Authorized. Those applicants who receive an approval are authorized to travel to the U.S. under the VWP. Applicants who receive an Authorization Pending response will need to check the website for updates within 72 hours to receive a final response. Applicants whose ESTA applications are denied will be referred to the U.S. Department of State for information on how to apply for a visa to travel to the United States. Once you are approved, that approval is good for two years or until your passport expired, whichever comes first, and you do not have to apply again during that period unless one of the above mentioned things changes.
 
Maybe so, but, it might be useful to someone to know that it was a) something that actually caused him to be denied the ability to check in (irrespective of the stated rules) and b) it was actually rectifiable AT the airport and didn't cause us to miss our flight.
 

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