C.B.P. News Release

ESTA Web Site Now Available in 13 Additional Languages for U.S. - Bound Travelers from Visa Waiver Countries

(Wednesday, October 15, 2008)

Washington – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today the Electronic System for Travel Authorization Web site has been enhanced to better facilitate travel by nationals of Visa Waiver Program countries to the U.S. Instructions on how to obtain an electronic travel authorization are now available in 13 additional languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.

"Over 200,000 travelers have sought electronic travel authorization in the weeks since the site went live, and 99.6 percent of them have been approved – the vast majority in under one minute,â€