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ESTA: The New DHS Pre-Boarding Requirement for 90-Day Visitors to U.S.

August 2008 - International travelers who wish to travel to the United States, including Hawai‘i, under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) are now subject to enhanced Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requirements. All eligible travelers who wish to travel under the VWP must apply for authorization using the DHS/CBP Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Web Site. The VWP allows visitors from 27 countries, including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and most Western European countries, to visit the U.S. without a visa. The establishment of ESTA implements a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission to create a fully automated electronic travel authorization system to collect such information as DHS deems necessary to evaluate, in advance of travel, the eligibility of the person to travel to the United States, and whether such travel poses a law enforcement or security risk. More

 

 P E O P L E P U B L I C A T I O N S E V E N T S

September 4, 2008: Jim McWhinnie, the Vice-Chair of Meritas and Chairman of its Finance Committee will be attending the Meritas Executive Committee meeting in Tokyo.

August 14, 2008: Damon Key attorneys Robert Thomas, Mark Murakami, and Christi-Anne Kudo Chock filed a brief amicus curiae on behalf of nine retired Admirals and several military organizations in the U.S. Supreme Court case about the Navy's use of sonar off the California coast, Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. No. 07-1239. More information, including a copy of the brief here.

July 2008: Updated biographies of Associates Caprice Itagaki and Kathryn Mashima.

 

August 2008: Download the latest Legal Alert, with articles on the firm's 45th Anniversary, the new DHS pre-boarding requirement for 90-day visitors to the U.S., a profile of the Immigration and Naturalization Law Practice Group, and an article on transient vacation rental law.

August 2008: On August 22, 2008, federal agents and police temporarily shut down a condo construction site at Honokawai, Maui and arrested twenty-two illegal immigrant workers. On July 20, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested 43 Mexican workers employed in Hawai‘i by The Farms, an agricultural business. These arrests are examples of the nationwide enforcement actions being taken against illegal workers and their employers by DHS/ICE as part of its “comprehensive immigration enforcement strategy for the nation’s interior.”

 

September 8, 2008: Damon Key will be on-campus interviewing at the University of Hawaii School of Law. More information here. Sign up for interviews with Career Services.

September 27, 2008: Robert Thomas will be on the faculty of the University of Hawaii Law School's workshop on burial and landmark issues.

November 5, 2008: Tred Eyerly will be on the faculty of Top 9 Issues in Insurance Coverage in Hawaii. More information here.

 
 
 
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