{"id":1775,"date":"2025-09-13T12:05:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/esta-how-much-does-it-cost\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T12:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T12:05:59","slug":"esta-how-much-does-it-cost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/esta-how-much-does-it-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"ESTA: How much does it cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HOW MUCH DOES ESTA COST?<\/h1>\n\n<p>Created in 2009 by the US government,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/what-is-esta\/\">ESTA<\/a> (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) is a special authorization. It allows nationals of countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program to enter the USA without first obtaining a visa. But at what price?  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ESTA: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?<\/h2>\n\n<p>At first glance, you might think that the price of an ESTA would be \u20ac0, since the process of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/esta-how-to-obtain-this-document\/\">obtaining<\/a> it is entirely online. The dematerialization of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/esta-procedure-for-the-united-states\/\">procedure<\/a> may lead you to believe that everything is automated, but this is not the case. In fact, there is a whole administration in charge of accepting (or not) the authorization, and this entails operating costs in terms of both agents&#8217; salaries and the maintenance of working infrastructures.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The cost of an ESTA is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/esta-no-longer-costs-14\/\">$21<\/a>, payable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/fill-out-the-esta-form-online\/\">online<\/a> only by credit card or Paypal. This amount is then divided as follows: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 is for the administration responsible for checking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esta-officiel-usa.com\/en\/esta-form-for-whom\/\">form<\/a>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>17 are earmarked to finance the various bodies linked or in partnership with the US government to promote tourism in the USA internationally.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW MUCH DOES ESTA COST? 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