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Citizens Of These 43 Nations Don't Need Visa To Enter USA (Updated List 2025)

Citizens Of These 43 Nations Don't Need Visa To Enter USA (Updated List 2025)

Aug 23, 2025

So far, the concept of travelling to the United States visa-free may seem to be too perfect to be real to most international travellers.

But, it can come true for millions of travellers as it has already been done with the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).

Basically, with the help of this program, the citizens of the participating countries can stay for up to 90 days in the US without even acquiring a visa.

How Does This Visa Waiver Program Work?

When it comes to the Visa Waiver Program, it is an exceptional agreement between the US and the selected countries.

It appears that the citizens of the participating nations do not have to obtain a visa to visit on a short-term basis.

Although, they need to obtain the authorisation with the help of Electronic System of Travel Authorisation (ESTA).

For the unawares, here mentioned ESTA is not a visa, but it is compulsory, and flights will not allow their passengers to board a US-bound flight without an ESTA.

Every year the list of the countries gets changed as some countries get added while some get dropped.

So every year, the US reviews the list of participating countries to ensure compliance with its security and travel standards.

This year they have also done this exercise, so there are a few notable changes that travelers should be aware of before starting their travel.

What To Expect?

Now Qatar Citizens can now travel to the US visa-free. Contrary to this, Romania got removed, once under consideration, but ultimately excluded after review.

Similarly, Bulgaria got dropped and it is no longer part of the program.

There are 43 countries as of 2025 mostly in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America which have joined the VWP participating countries.

This list includes some of the major ones such as the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Australia, Chile and Qatar.

Conditions & Restrictions Visa Waiver Program

As we know that the VWP makes travel easier but there are certain conditions that you must know to qualify.

The applicant needs to hold a valid electronic passport from a VWP country.

The traveler needs to apply for and receive ESTA approval before travel.

The traveler can use this trip only for tourism, business, or transit purposes.

Besides this, the traveler needs to follow some eligibility and restrictions criteria which are given below.