How to fill out the ESTA if my name contains special characters?

The American English alphabet’s popular replacements for distinctive European letters are listed below. You may also look up the common spelling of your name in the machine-readable section of your passport (with the chevrons <<< >>>).

  • ß,ß = ss
  • æ = a e
  • ö = oe
  • ü = ue
  • ë = e
  • ä = ae
  • Å = aa
  • ø = oe
  • ñ = n
  • ? = i j