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Would you visit USA in the current climate?

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  • #632
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,700 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572340#Comment_123572340

    How many Irish people have been refused so far?



  • #633
    littlefeet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭littlefeet


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123572343#Comment_123572343

    Very few, I would imagine.



  • #634
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,987 ✭✭✭yagan


    Won't be surprised if it becomes something you have to do when applying for ESTA.

    They'll probably have a program they put all your email addresses and social media profiles through that flags negative comments about Israel, Trump and Putin.



  • #635
    TerrieBootson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭TerrieBootson


    Just back from the US. Great time was had. No stress anywhere.



  • #636
    tinytobe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭tinytobe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123617826#Comment_123617826

    In Ireland you're lucky as the US immigration questioning is happening on Irish / EU soil. They can't detain you and send you off to some camp etc…

    If not, entering the US and facing US immigration at one of the major US airports can be an experience like visitng a prison or visiting a former Eastern European country under communism.



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  • #637
    Economics101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭Economics101


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123617826#Comment_123617826

    Yeah, there were lots of glowing accounts from foreign tourists in Germany in the 30s.



  • #638
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Ive been a few times and always enjoyed it but the reality is its not a good time for tourists,



  • #639
    RoyalCelt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭RoyalCelt


    I visited America when Obama was blowing up people for fun in the middle East and I went to Russia post Crimea. I'd have no issues going to America now but it doesn't appeal to me over other destinations so I won't.

    The place I try to avoid is Britain because they occupy us currently. Anyone who does these boycotts but gives the king their shillings needs a reality check.

    I'm on the verge of a site ban. Please don't rage bait me, I'm easily triggered especially late at night!



  • #640
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,728 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123648931#Comment_123648931

    hahaha, people are fcuking nuts!



  • #641
    RoyalCelt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭RoyalCelt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123648942#Comment_123648942

    Why?

    I'm on the verge of a site ban. Please don't rage bait me, I'm easily triggered especially late at night!



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  • #642
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 56,281 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/visa-integrity-fee-what-to-know-about-new-travel-fee-to-enter-the-us-.html

    So you now have to pay $250 to enter the US as a tourist and it's unclear on how refundable that is.



  • #643
    CoffeeImpala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭CoffeeImpala


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123651653#Comment_123651653

    I didn't read the whole article but it sounds like the fee applies to visas and not people who enter under a visa waiver program. Which would cover any Irish tourists

    "Who must pay the new fee?

    The “visa integrity fee” applies to all visitors who need nonimmigrant visas, which includes tourists, business travelers and international students. Some visitors, including those from Australia, Japan and many nations in Europe, may not need visas to enter under the Visa Waiver Program."



  • #644
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 11,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123648931#Comment_123648931

    Hmm well with such analysis skills, I think it best to pass on your suggestings.



  • #645
    TerrieBootson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭TerrieBootson


    Really? Maybe you can show some



  • #646
    PixelCrafter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭PixelCrafter


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123651653#Comment_123651653

    Only if you need a visa. That does not apply to Irish, UK, Canadian, or the vast majority of EU tourists etc.



  • #647
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,952 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123648931#Comment_123648931

    Saying Britain "occupies" any part of Ireland is stupid beyond belief.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #648
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,952 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123651653#Comment_123651653

    "How To Totally Implode Your Entire Tourist Industry In Three Easy Steps"

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #649
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123655139#Comment_123655139

    Not really

    31% of all people who come to the US arrive on visa waiver.

    I'd imagine that the majority of the others are non tourist types.

    So I doubt it would have any major impact on the international tourist numbers coming to America as it doesn't apply to the Visa Waiver program.

    I'd also wonder how much the US tourists industry is driven by American visitors v foreign visitors.

    Americans tend to holiday at home, which is obvious because it's a huge country with a lot to offer.

    I'd reckon tourist locations etc are likely more reliant on the US tourist than the foreign visitors.



  • #650
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123655308#Comment_123655308

    Maybe but I'd guess that there are many businesses which rely on the money mentioned below:

    https://wttc.org/news/us-economy-set-to-lose-12-5bn-in-international-traveler-spend-this-year



  • #651
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,987 ✭✭✭yagan


    Are people absolutely sure that this new integrity charge won't be to visa waiver users?

    Entrants on the visa waiver are still is a class of visa, only any tourist fees werent applied but this integrity bond might be applied as a blanket charge on all visas.

    Post edited by yagan on


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  • #652
    Captain_Crash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Captain_Crash


    While the new charges don’t apply to ESTA’s, the bill includes a price increase from $7 to $13. That won’t put any people off but its still nearly a 100% increase.



  • #653
    Glaceon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,678 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    I’m just back from the US. Immigration at Dublin was fine, I’ve had worse in the past.



  • #654
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,987 ✭✭✭yagan


    Card spending data amongst the bank's customers for August shows spending in the US fell significantly, down 18% on the same month last year and down 11.5% so far this year.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-41703551.html



  • #655
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,662 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    One of my lads arrived home today after a J1 summer in America, he hopes to go again next year, had a ball and managed a 4000 mile road trip over the last 4 weeks, he made a point of not discussing politics while there



  • #656
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,050 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Went across the states in 2003, ended up with around 15 Christian rock albums from various folk I met on the Greyhound bus. Apart from Grand Canyon and NYC it's nothing special, so no interest in going back.

    I was also interrogated for hours because I'd been in Vietnam a few months previously. They couldn't believe that anyone would vacation there.

    Canada was much more enjoyable tbh.



  • #657
    Cyclingtourist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,304 ✭✭✭Cyclingtourist


    Visited and been there for work in the 1970s many times. If I went now it would be as a tourist and have had no desire to go for over 30 years. Even less likely to want to go with the present regime in power.



  • #658
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,917 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    I flew back to the US last Sunday, I’m here a reasonable amount.
    in the security line an American youngish couple (under 30) were discussing if their phones would be seized at pre clearance 🙄



  • #659
    eastie17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭eastie17


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123814027#Comment_123814027

    one of mine went to university in Texas for 5 months last year.great time. Went myself to a college football game before the election, no one talks about it over there, we do more talking about it here than they do



  • #660
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,260 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    I had a colleague who was gay and under Trumps 1st administration he said he would be afraid to go to America with Trump in power - like he'd have his gay police at the airport waiting for him or what ??

    Anyway him and his boyfriend went to Morocco on a holiday.

    These people are insane, they can't be that ignorant, it's all just virtue signalling.



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  • #661
    Ceathran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭Ceathran


    Of course I would. It would be good to get out of this dreary dictatorship for a while. I went to Trump Tower in the US and had a great time there. There's an unhealthy obsession with Donald Trump in modern Ireland. You see it in the thread about Trump, which is an echo chamber of non-stop insulting of Trump. The problem is the immense propaganda from the horrible media.



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