UK electronic travel authorisation

The United Kingdom Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is a planned Home Office electronic system that will be used to pre-check people travelling to the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4]

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The system, as part of the Nationality and Borders Bill, will operate using an online application which is checked against a variety of security databases, and if the person has not committed a crime they will be given travel authorisation. If the person has committed a crime, their application will go for further review to decide whether or not to allow them travel authorisation.

On March 9, 2023, the UK government officially announced the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) programme beginning with Qatari citizens on November 15, 2023, followed by the rest of the GCC and Jordanian citizens on February 22, 2024, and that more visa-free nationalities will be added until all are included by the end of 2024. The ETA will be valid for up to two years and multiple entries, and may be used by short-term tourists, family visitors, business people and students (six months or less), as well as on the Creative Worker visa concession (three months or less) and transit.[5][6]

Areas that will require a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation

All the visa free countries except Ireland.[7] Irish citizens do not need leave to enter the United Kingdom.[8]

Exception for Northern Ireland

Those Legally Resident in the Republic of Ireland who would not normally need a UK Visa would be exempt from having to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation if they are arriving in Northern Ireland from within the Common Travel Area.[30]

See also

References
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