This week, media and travellers are reacting to a new US proposal that would greatly expand the data the US collects from applicants under the ESTA Visa waiver program. As a very frequent ESTA user since 2009, I will be impacted if they are approved. In this post, I delve into what it means for those of us who use visa‑waiver travel to go to the USA. It is important to note that at this stage, it is still only a draft, and nothing has changed for actual travel yet.​ When I first went to…

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