Editing Visa Waiver Program (section)

===Other requirements===
Applicants for admission under the Visa Waiver Program:<ref name=":0"/>
* Must have complied with the conditions of all previous admissions to the United States and have not been found ineligible for a U.S. visa.
* Must never have been convicted of, or arrested for, an offense or crime involving [[moral turpitude]]{{efn|There is an exemption in some cases for a single offense committed before age 18 and the crime was committed (and the person released from any confinement to a prison or correctional institution imposed for the crime) more than five years before the date of application for a visa, and also for a single instance if the maximum possible sentence in the United States is one year or less in jail, and less than six months was served. However, these exceptions cannot be applied by the individual as the question on ESTA is specific.}} or a controlled substance, or two or more crimes with a maximum aggregate sentence of five years' imprisonment or more, no matter how long ago. National regulations which normally expunge criminal records after a certain length of time (e.g. the [[Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974]] in the UK) do not apply.
* Must not be otherwise inadmissible to the United States, such as on health or national security grounds.
* Must be intending to visit the United States for a purpose of tourism, business or transit.

Applicants should display social and economic ties which bind them to their country of origin or may be refused entry.<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/denials/denials_1361.html Visa denials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222133227/http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/denials/denials_1361.html |date=December 22, 2013 }} retrieved April 19, 2012</ref>

Having been arrested or convicted does not in itself make a person ineligible to use the Visa Waiver Program. However, some U.S. embassies advise such persons to apply for a tourist visa even though there is no legal obligation to do so.<ref name=":0"/>

Those who do not meet the requirements for the Visa Waiver Program must obtain a U.S. visitor visa from a U.S. embassy or consulate.<ref name=":0"/>