What to put in ESTA if staying in US for a few days before going onto CanadaESTA Transiting first, then...

AES: Why is it a good practice to use only the first 16bytes of a hash for encryption?

Why does Kotter return in Welcome Back Kotter

Alternative to sending password over mail?

Why is consensus so controversial in Britain?

How to take photos in burst mode, without vibration?

1960's book about a plague that kills all white people

Anagram holiday

What to put in ESTA if staying in US for a few days before going onto Canada

Why does ы have a soft sign in it?

Could gravitational lensing be used to protect a spaceship from a laser?

How do conventional missiles fly?

Forgetting the musical notes while performing in concert

Why are electrically insulating heatsinks so rare? Is it just cost?

How can saying a song's name be a copyright violation?

How could indestructible materials be used in power generation?

Brothers & sisters

Does a druid starting with a bow start with no arrows?

How to draw the figure with four pentagons?

Facing a paradox: Earnshaw's theorem in one dimension

Can a virus destroy the BIOS of a modern computer?

Why "Having chlorophyll without photosynthesis is actually very dangerous" and "like living with a bomb"?

How do I gain back my faith in my PhD degree?

Does casting Light, or a similar spell, have any effect when the caster is swallowed by a monster?

How do I find out when a node was added to an availability group?



What to put in ESTA if staying in US for a few days before going onto Canada


ESTA Transiting first, then entering the USEnter the USA before going to Canada on a WHVUsing ESTA a second time - first for tourism, now for transitIs my airport transit ESTA exceeded by staying in Canada for 6 months? Can I travel back to USA?90 day visa waiver for the US want to re-enter shortly after for a few daysWife of a Dual (British/US) Citizen travelling to USA for 103 days on Honeymoon. ESTA, Visa or Green Card?Do I need to apply for a new ESTA if I'm going to the US again?UK citizen travelling to the US->CAN then CAN->US before finally flying US->UK, how should I prepare?The ESTA website is down for a few days now. What are the alternatives?Applying for Esta













1















I am about to apply for my US Esta and the question where it asks about if the travel to the US is in Transit for another country. I am planning to fly to New York from the UK, stay for a couple of days and then fly onto Canada. At the other end I will get a bus from Canada to the US and then fly home from there - do I answer yes or no to the transit question?










share|improve this question







New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
















  • 1





    ‘Transit’ typically means short-term (usually max 24 hours) travel across or through the a country on the way to another country. If you’re staying for 2+ days you’re visiting, IMHO.

    – Traveller
    1 hour ago











  • @Traveller yet a garden-variety C-1 US transit visa can authorize up to 29 days of presence in the US. It's archaic, I know, but there it is. The US really puts more emphasis on purpose than on duration.

    – phoog
    1 hour ago











  • @phoog I'd love to see the incredulous looks given to someone who applies for a transit visa saying they want to take a ship from Europe to New York, ride a bicycle (fairly quickly) across the country, and catch a freighter to Asia from the west coast.

    – Zach Lipton
    54 mins ago











  • @ZachLipton yeah, or just to walk from Abbottsford, BC to Tijuana. I suspect that the purpose would be deemed recreational rather than transportational, and a B visa required.

    – phoog
    50 mins ago
















1















I am about to apply for my US Esta and the question where it asks about if the travel to the US is in Transit for another country. I am planning to fly to New York from the UK, stay for a couple of days and then fly onto Canada. At the other end I will get a bus from Canada to the US and then fly home from there - do I answer yes or no to the transit question?










share|improve this question







New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
















  • 1





    ‘Transit’ typically means short-term (usually max 24 hours) travel across or through the a country on the way to another country. If you’re staying for 2+ days you’re visiting, IMHO.

    – Traveller
    1 hour ago











  • @Traveller yet a garden-variety C-1 US transit visa can authorize up to 29 days of presence in the US. It's archaic, I know, but there it is. The US really puts more emphasis on purpose than on duration.

    – phoog
    1 hour ago











  • @phoog I'd love to see the incredulous looks given to someone who applies for a transit visa saying they want to take a ship from Europe to New York, ride a bicycle (fairly quickly) across the country, and catch a freighter to Asia from the west coast.

    – Zach Lipton
    54 mins ago











  • @ZachLipton yeah, or just to walk from Abbottsford, BC to Tijuana. I suspect that the purpose would be deemed recreational rather than transportational, and a B visa required.

    – phoog
    50 mins ago














1












1








1








I am about to apply for my US Esta and the question where it asks about if the travel to the US is in Transit for another country. I am planning to fly to New York from the UK, stay for a couple of days and then fly onto Canada. At the other end I will get a bus from Canada to the US and then fly home from there - do I answer yes or no to the transit question?










share|improve this question







New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.












I am about to apply for my US Esta and the question where it asks about if the travel to the US is in Transit for another country. I am planning to fly to New York from the UK, stay for a couple of days and then fly onto Canada. At the other end I will get a bus from Canada to the US and then fly home from there - do I answer yes or no to the transit question?







usa canada esta






share|improve this question







New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











share|improve this question







New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









share|improve this question




share|improve this question






New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









asked 1 hour ago









Rachel LovellRachel Lovell

61




61




New contributor




Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.





New contributor





Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.






Rachel Lovell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.








  • 1





    ‘Transit’ typically means short-term (usually max 24 hours) travel across or through the a country on the way to another country. If you’re staying for 2+ days you’re visiting, IMHO.

    – Traveller
    1 hour ago











  • @Traveller yet a garden-variety C-1 US transit visa can authorize up to 29 days of presence in the US. It's archaic, I know, but there it is. The US really puts more emphasis on purpose than on duration.

    – phoog
    1 hour ago











  • @phoog I'd love to see the incredulous looks given to someone who applies for a transit visa saying they want to take a ship from Europe to New York, ride a bicycle (fairly quickly) across the country, and catch a freighter to Asia from the west coast.

    – Zach Lipton
    54 mins ago











  • @ZachLipton yeah, or just to walk from Abbottsford, BC to Tijuana. I suspect that the purpose would be deemed recreational rather than transportational, and a B visa required.

    – phoog
    50 mins ago














  • 1





    ‘Transit’ typically means short-term (usually max 24 hours) travel across or through the a country on the way to another country. If you’re staying for 2+ days you’re visiting, IMHO.

    – Traveller
    1 hour ago











  • @Traveller yet a garden-variety C-1 US transit visa can authorize up to 29 days of presence in the US. It's archaic, I know, but there it is. The US really puts more emphasis on purpose than on duration.

    – phoog
    1 hour ago











  • @phoog I'd love to see the incredulous looks given to someone who applies for a transit visa saying they want to take a ship from Europe to New York, ride a bicycle (fairly quickly) across the country, and catch a freighter to Asia from the west coast.

    – Zach Lipton
    54 mins ago











  • @ZachLipton yeah, or just to walk from Abbottsford, BC to Tijuana. I suspect that the purpose would be deemed recreational rather than transportational, and a B visa required.

    – phoog
    50 mins ago








1




1





‘Transit’ typically means short-term (usually max 24 hours) travel across or through the a country on the way to another country. If you’re staying for 2+ days you’re visiting, IMHO.

– Traveller
1 hour ago





‘Transit’ typically means short-term (usually max 24 hours) travel across or through the a country on the way to another country. If you’re staying for 2+ days you’re visiting, IMHO.

– Traveller
1 hour ago













@Traveller yet a garden-variety C-1 US transit visa can authorize up to 29 days of presence in the US. It's archaic, I know, but there it is. The US really puts more emphasis on purpose than on duration.

– phoog
1 hour ago





@Traveller yet a garden-variety C-1 US transit visa can authorize up to 29 days of presence in the US. It's archaic, I know, but there it is. The US really puts more emphasis on purpose than on duration.

– phoog
1 hour ago













@phoog I'd love to see the incredulous looks given to someone who applies for a transit visa saying they want to take a ship from Europe to New York, ride a bicycle (fairly quickly) across the country, and catch a freighter to Asia from the west coast.

– Zach Lipton
54 mins ago





@phoog I'd love to see the incredulous looks given to someone who applies for a transit visa saying they want to take a ship from Europe to New York, ride a bicycle (fairly quickly) across the country, and catch a freighter to Asia from the west coast.

– Zach Lipton
54 mins ago













@ZachLipton yeah, or just to walk from Abbottsford, BC to Tijuana. I suspect that the purpose would be deemed recreational rather than transportational, and a B visa required.

– phoog
50 mins ago





@ZachLipton yeah, or just to walk from Abbottsford, BC to Tijuana. I suspect that the purpose would be deemed recreational rather than transportational, and a B visa required.

– phoog
50 mins ago










1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes


















6














Answer no. You should only answer yes if the sole purpose of your trip is transit. In your case, the purpose of your trip is twofold: one purpose is to get to Canada, but another purpose, however secondary it may be, is to spend a few days in New York.






share|improve this answer
























    Your Answer








    StackExchange.ready(function() {
    var channelOptions = {
    tags: "".split(" "),
    id: "273"
    };
    initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

    StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
    // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
    if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
    StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
    createEditor();
    });
    }
    else {
    createEditor();
    }
    });

    function createEditor() {
    StackExchange.prepareEditor({
    heartbeatType: 'answer',
    autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
    convertImagesToLinks: false,
    noModals: true,
    showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
    reputationToPostImages: null,
    bindNavPrevention: true,
    postfix: "",
    imageUploader: {
    brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
    contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
    allowUrls: true
    },
    noCode: true, onDemand: true,
    discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
    ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
    });


    }
    });






    Rachel Lovell is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.










    draft saved

    draft discarded


















    StackExchange.ready(
    function () {
    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f135139%2fwhat-to-put-in-esta-if-staying-in-us-for-a-few-days-before-going-onto-canada%23new-answer', 'question_page');
    }
    );

    Post as a guest















    Required, but never shown

























    1 Answer
    1






    active

    oldest

    votes








    1 Answer
    1






    active

    oldest

    votes









    active

    oldest

    votes






    active

    oldest

    votes









    6














    Answer no. You should only answer yes if the sole purpose of your trip is transit. In your case, the purpose of your trip is twofold: one purpose is to get to Canada, but another purpose, however secondary it may be, is to spend a few days in New York.






    share|improve this answer




























      6














      Answer no. You should only answer yes if the sole purpose of your trip is transit. In your case, the purpose of your trip is twofold: one purpose is to get to Canada, but another purpose, however secondary it may be, is to spend a few days in New York.






      share|improve this answer


























        6












        6








        6







        Answer no. You should only answer yes if the sole purpose of your trip is transit. In your case, the purpose of your trip is twofold: one purpose is to get to Canada, but another purpose, however secondary it may be, is to spend a few days in New York.






        share|improve this answer













        Answer no. You should only answer yes if the sole purpose of your trip is transit. In your case, the purpose of your trip is twofold: one purpose is to get to Canada, but another purpose, however secondary it may be, is to spend a few days in New York.







        share|improve this answer












        share|improve this answer



        share|improve this answer










        answered 1 hour ago









        phoogphoog

        75.1k12162244




        75.1k12162244






















            Rachel Lovell is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.










            draft saved

            draft discarded


















            Rachel Lovell is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.













            Rachel Lovell is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.












            Rachel Lovell is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
















            Thanks for contributing an answer to Travel Stack Exchange!


            • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

            But avoid



            • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

            • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


            To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




            draft saved


            draft discarded














            StackExchange.ready(
            function () {
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2ftravel.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f135139%2fwhat-to-put-in-esta-if-staying-in-us-for-a-few-days-before-going-onto-canada%23new-answer', 'question_page');
            }
            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown





















































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown

































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown







            Popular posts from this blog

            迭戈·戈丁...

            A phrase ”follow into" in a context The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are...

            1960s short story making fun of James Bond-style spy fiction The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer...