Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) starts tomorrow!
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!
I am contacting you today regarding the roll out of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and to highlight that from tomorrow, Wednesday 8 January 2025, all eligible non-Europeans will need an ETA to travel to the UK.
As a reminder -
Nationals of Gulf Cooperation Council countries already need an ETA to travel to the UK
Eligible non-Europeans can apply for an ETA now and will need an ETA to travel to the UK from 8 January 2025
Eligible Europeans can apply for an ETA from 5 March 2025 and will need an ETA to travel to the UK from 2 April 2025
A full list of non-visa nationalities eligible for an ETA can be found here
Therefore, by 2 April 2025, all visitors who do not need a visa, except British and Irish citizens, will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) – a digital permission to travel to the UK.
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An ETA costs £10 and permits multiple journeys to the UK of up to six months at a time over two years or until the holder’s passport expires – whichever is sooner.
ETA applies to:
visits of up to 6 months for tourism, visiting family and friends, business or short-term study
visits of up to 3 months on the Creative Worker visa concession Creative Worker visa concession
visits for a permitted paid engagement permitted paid engagement
transiting through the UK – including if you’re not going through UK border control
Further information and how to apply: www.gov.uk/electronic-travel-authorisation
If you have any questions, please do get in touch.
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