Visa/Passport Information

If you are traveling from Switzerland you do not need to attain a visa from the American embassy unless your current passport does not fit these requirements. You are not required to have an RFID chip unless your passport was issued after Oct. 26, 2006, but you still must have a machine readable passport.

If you are traveling from Greece, you are required to have an RFID chip in your passport.

If you are traveling from Canada you must show suitable I.D., but not necessarily a passport. Check here for more  information.

Detailed VISA and Passport requirements (Swiss and Greek citizens)

What do I need to know about VWP (Visa Waiver program- this means your country is not required to have a visa to travel in the USA for tourist reason.) machine-readable passport (MRP) and e-Passport requirements?
All VWP travelers, regardless of age or type of passport used, must present a machine-readable passport. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers’ passports were issued, other passport requirements apply:

• Nationals of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Republic of Korea, and the Slovak Republic require passports with an integrated chip containing the information from the data page (e-Passport).
• Nationals of other VWP countries:
  • Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended on or after 10/26/06: passports must have integrated chips with information from the data page.
  • Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended between 10/26/05 and 10/25/06: passports must have digital photographs printed on the data page or integrated chips with information from the data page.
  • Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended before 10/26/05: no further requirements.

For additional information check the USA travel website:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#vwp