1) Υποβολή προσωπικών στοιχείων πριν την αναχώρηση 

 Υποχρεωτική διαδικασία από 6 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
Για ένα πιο αποτελεσματικό σύστημα ελέγχου των συνόρων και για την απλοποίηση των διαδικασιών του check-in και των διαδικασιών επιβίβασης στις πτήσεις από/για Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής, οι Αρχές των Η.Π.Α. ζητούν να παρέχει ο κάθε επιβάτης τις ακόλουθες προσωπικές πληροφορίες κατά την στιγμή της κράτησης/έκδοσης εισιτηρίου ή τουλάχιστον 72 ώρες πριν την προγραμματισμένη αναχώρηση της πτήσης: ονοματεπώνυμο (όπως ακριβώς αναγράφεται στο διαβατήριο), ημερομηνία γέννησης, φύλο και redress number, εάν είναι διαθέσιμο (είναι ένας κωδικός που δίδεται από τις Αμερικάνικες Αρχές στους επιβάτες των οποίων τα ονόματα καταχωρήθηκαν στη λίστα No-Fly, από λάθος). 


Σε περίπτωση που επιβάτης δεν παρέχει αυτά τα στοιχεία, δεν θα μπορέσει να ταξιδέψει από/για τις Η.Π.Α.. Για τα εισιτήρια που αγοράσθηκαν στην ιστοσελίδα της Alitalia ή μέσω του Call Center μας, παρακαλείσθε να παρέχετε αυτές τις πληροφορίες στο κοντινότερο Γραφείο της Alitalia.

Υποχρεωτικές λεπτομέρειες μπορούν να σταλούν ή να τροποποιηθούν  online, ή μέσω του Call Centre.

2) Visa Waiver Program

If you are seeking to travel to the US for a stay of 90 days or less, you have a return ticket, your home country or your country of nationality participates in the Visa Waiver Program, you can travel to the US applying for an advance travel authorization called ESTA without obtaining a visa, but only if you have a:

• Machine-readable passport with an integrated chip issued or renewed/extended before 10/26/05
• Machine-readable passport with digital photographs issued or renewed/extended between 10/26/05 and 10/25/06
• E-Passport issued or renewed/extended on or after 10/26/06

Each passenger, including infants and children, must have his/her own passport, in compliance with the above-mentioned standards.
The countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, United Kingdom.

Therefore, if you meet these requirements and you are visiting or transiting in the US, you must apply for an advance travel authorization called E.S.T.A. (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) completing the online ESTA application on the dedicated website;  as of September 8, 2010 a $14 payment for this procedure is required and can be done directly on the E.S.T.A website.  

The denial of ESTA results in the denial of authority to enter the boarding area.

3) Collection of fingerprints or digital photographs upon arrival in the U.S.

On arrival in the U.S., travellers are subjected to the collection of personal information and the collection of 10 fingerprints and digital photographs at U.S. ports of entry. In order to check the suitability of your identification documents, please contact the US consulate or visit the US Embassy website. 

4) Comunication of personal data when flying to Canada and Japan

If you are travelling to Canada or Japan you must supply personal data: you can do it directly online.

ID card and passport

Thanks to the Schengen agreement, the borders of nearly all member states of the European Union have no longer customs control and EU citizens may go around simply with their valid ID for travel abroad.

Full members of the Schengen agreement are:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweeden, plus Iceland and Norway (not belonging to EUc) Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hunghary, Malta, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Cyprus (foreseen entry), Bulgaria (foreseen entry), Rumania (foreseen entry). In EU countries who haven't joined the agreement (e.g. Ireland and United Kingdom), as in countries who aren't EU members, the passport is mandatory, unless there is a bilateral agreement.

Visa: citizens who aren't EU community members must obtain the entry visa at the Embassy or Consulate of the country where they're going to.

Valid ID & documents

When you organise your trip, remember to check-out which douments you need to enter the country you're going to and any transit ones.
For further information on visas and necessary documents, see the SkyTeam website.