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Thank you!

2 passports only help for situations in which they really only check entry/exit stamps in your passport. In this case, when applying for ESTA, you explicitly have to declare that you haven't been to the above-mentioned countries and therefore qualify. If you tick the wrong box, its quite possible that they i) either reject your ESTA application ii) or reject entry to the country on arrival and in both cases that significantly dampens your chances of ever getting an ESTA/Visa again.

Hey Peter,

Thank you so much for doing this!

Im a German citizen living in Mexico. Since I have been to Iran I no longer qualify for ESTA and had to apply for a visa at the embassy here in Mexico City to visit the USA. My visa has been in processing for 2y now and I have not received any response other than "still in processing, we will be in touch". What do you recommend? Is there anything I can do to accelerate this? Or withdraw the application and apply from Germany?

Thanks a lot!!

Hey Peter, I am a German citizen living in Mexico who has been to Iran since 2004. As a result, I am ineligible for ESTA and had to apply for a visa. But its now been in processing with the embassy in MX for 1.5y. What would you advise me to do?

Hi Peter,

I've been applying for a simple tourist visa for the US (I am European but dont qualify for ESTA due to a previous trip to Iran) and my visa has been in process for 15 months now without an answer. What can I do?

Best, David