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gov.uk>, at 16:17:58 on Thu, 19 Dec 2013, Joseph Bartoletti
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>My fiance and I fly regularly to the US (She's British and I'm
>American) and she's never had to provide US authorities with a copy of
>her passport prior to travel/booking. We always book things ourselves
>and she maintains a current ESTA. In my experience, the details aren't
>even required to book the flight and airlines just ask for them in
>order to speed up the process (separate issue from that of the ESTA).
> So unless things are different when travelling as a group or have
>changed very recently, then this requirement appears to be purely that
>of the travel agent involved. Maybe so they can be certain details are
>correct and they don't end up with a situation where one of their group
>isn't allowed entry due to incorrect details.
>
>If concerned about handing over a copy, I suggest your friend just
>applies for the ESTA and inform the organizer that they already hold
>one so they do not need to provide a copy of their passport
The agent may then, of course, want to see a copy of the ESTA
confirmation, once again to make sure there's no administrative issues
likely to arise on arrival.
--
Roland Perry
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