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Passports, Visas and Health Matters
Your travel agent will be able to tell you if there is any current passport is issued after this date and is machine readable but does
advice for the countries you are visiting. Alternatively you can not include biographic information, you will need to obtain a full
contact the Travel Advice Unit on 0870 6060 290 or visit the US visa.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at
To check requirements for biometric passports, please contact the
www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo.
US Embassy on 090 4245 0100 (premium call rate) or online
The information in this section is for holders of British Citizen at
www.usembassy.org.uk.
passports only. Anyone who does not hold a British Citizen
Before seeking entry to the USA under the VWP, you should be
passport (this includes citizens of British Dependent Territories,
aware of certain conditions that may affect your eligibility to be
citizens who hold their citizenship by virtue of their connection
included in the programme:
with Gibraltar, British Subjects who have the right of abode in the
1. Families require individual passports for each traveller regardless
UK and EC and other nationals) should consult the embassy of
of whether their current passport includes their children
the country of destination and the Home Office Immigration
Department, to check whether they require special documentation
2. If any guest has a police history or an arrest, even if the arrest
for the countries they are visiting or for return to the UK.
did not result in a criminal conviction or a criminal record, a
full US visa may be required
Passports
3. If any guest has any serious communicable disease or illness a
All British Passports must be valid for travel and have at least 6
full US visa may be required
months validity after you return home at the end of your holiday.
4. If any guest has been refused entry to the US on a previous
All British Citizens require a full 10 year British Passport for all
occasion, including deportation, you must contact the US
voyages. Children who have been issued passports valid for 5 years
Embassy on 090 4245 0100 (premium call rate)
are permitted to travel. It is important that names and initials on
Travellers born in the US or with dual US citizenship must enter
the passport exactly match those on your tickets.
and depart the US on US passports. British Visitor passports are no
If you are applying for a new passport, please leave adequate time
longer valid. If you hold a British Subject passport you will be
to action your application. Please be aware that if you are applying
required to obtain a full US Visa direct from the US Embassy.
for your first British Citizen passport, you may now be required to
Guests who hold B1/2 visas are advised they may be presented
attend interviews prior to the passport being issued. For this reason,
separately to US Immigration. It is your responsibility to ensure
we would advise all guests in this situation to allow a minimum of
you comply with all the US entry conditions. Failure to meet these
six weeks to obtain their passports. For further information, please
conditions will make you responsible for any repatriation costs or
contact the Identity and Passport Service Advice line on
airline fines you may incur. If you are uncertain please contact the
(+44) 0870 521 0410 or visit the website at
www.ukpa.gov.uk.
US Embassy helpline or the Cunard Visa Department.
If you DO NOT HOLD A BRITISH CITIZEN PASSPORT, your
Canada
passport, travel documentation and visa requirements may
All British Citizen passport holders will be able to enter Canada
be different.
without a visa. If you are not in possession of a British Citizen
passport, please ensure you check your entry requirements for
Visas
Canada at
www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.html. This will provide
The visa advice included in this brochure is applicable to British
you with an up to date list of passport holders that require a
Citizen passport holders only. If you do not hold a British Citizen
Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) for Canada. British Subject
passport your situation may be different and you should seek
passport holders will require a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV).
advice from your travel agent, the relevant embassy/consulate or
St Petersburg, Russia
the Cunard Visa Department.
For voyages with a call at Russia we expect to be able to arrange
United States of America
block visas for guests travelling on organised Cunard Line shore
(including US Islands and Hawaii)
excursions. However, if this is not possible we will advise you in
You will need to complete a US Department of Justice Form I-94W
good time if you need to obtain a visa yourself. If you intend to go
(Visa Waiver Programme - VWP). The form will be provided by the
ashore independently in Russia a Russian Tourist Visa is required.
airline during your flight, if applicable, or on the ship prior to
This MUST be obtained before leaving home, as visas cannot be
arrival in the USA. To be eligible for the VWP you must have a
granted or provided on board the liner. If you wish to obtain an
British Citizen passport and be able to meet the conditions on the
individual Russian Tourist Visa, you will need to be sponsored by
visa waiver form.
a licensed Russian Tour company. This company will provide you
with the necessary documentation to obtain your individual
Passports issued before 26 October 2005 must be machine-
Tourist Visa. After obtaining this documentation you will need to
readable. Passports issued between 26 October 2005 and
contact a visa service or the Russian Embassy at
26 October 2006 must have a digital photograph (digital photos
www.russialink.org.uk for the visa. All guests must bring a
are printed on a page, not glued or laminated into the passport).
photocopy of the photograph/ personal details page contained in
At the time of brochure print, passports issued on or after
the passport if you are intending to go ashore with an organised
26 October 2006 must include an integrated circuit chip capable
excursion or independently.
of storing the biographic information from the passport data page,
a digitised photograph and other biometric information. If your
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