# United States visa requirements for FR passport holders

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Passport | FR |
| Destination | United States (US) |
| Requirement | ESTA (Visa Waiver) |
| Fee | US$40.27 |
| Maximum stay | 90 days |
| Processing time | minutes (up to 72h) |
| Region | Americas |
| Source | https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov |
| Verification | government-verified destination profile |

## Notes
Valid 2 years; VWP travel-history restrictions (Iran/Iraq/etc.) apply

## Can this stay be extended from inside the country?
- Possible inside: **no**
- Must leave the country: **yes**

Visa Waiver Program (ESTA) entrants are admitted for a fixed 90 days that cannot be extended, and cannot change to another status from inside the United States except in very narrow cases such as the immediate relative of a US citizen.

**Cost detail.** $420 filing online, $470 by mail, plus $85 for biometrics where required.

**How.** There is no form to file. The 90 days is the ceiling, and it counts against the whole VWP stay including any onward trip to Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.

**If you cannot extend.** If you know you will need longer than 90 days, apply for a B-2 visa at a US consulate before travelling — a B-2 admission can be extended by Form I-539, a VWP admission cannot.

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HTML version: https://urgentvisa.org/en/visa/fr/united-states.html
Structured JSON: https://urgentvisa.org/api/visa?passport=fr&destination=united-states
MCP server: https://urgentvisa.org/mcp
Source: Urgent VISA - https://urgentvisa.org - licence https://urgentvisa.org/license.xml