US Visa Confusion, urgent help needed

grodge

hey im traveling to trinidad this summer for 3months and i was enquiring about visas. im flying from dublin, heathrow, jfk, trinidad. and the same the way home.

i checked do i need a visa for transit through the usa but ireland is in the visa exclusion programme. but there is a condition in the programme saying that if your final destination via usa is canada, mexico, bermuda or carribean you MUST be a permanant legal resident of that country.

the only way i can get to trinidad for the cheapest possible is with the route above and it work out at €950 return.

can anyone help me because i have had trouble getting into the usa before because my passport was in rag order and they were not the most helpful of people. does any one know of a loophole around this.

help needed urgently!!

BuffyBot

Can you link us to where it says that? Then people might be able to assist you.

dermot_sheehan

you can transit using the visa waiver program but you must have a return ticket unless you are a lawful permanent resident of the u.s., canada, mexico, bermuda etc.

You'll be fine going to trinidad through the u.s. on an irish passport without a visa.