United Kingdom

ETA — electronic travel authorization · United Kingdom

Travel authorization for visitors covered by the ETA regime, for visits of up to six months.

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  1. Tell us about your trip and travellers
  2. Add the documents listed for your profile
  3. Review your file, then track its status

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  • Guided form, saved as you go
  • Document checklist matched to your profile
  • Itemised price shown before any commitment
  • Status tracking in your account
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Independent private service. The authority alone decides on issuance and entry. No real payment is taken at this stage.

Electronic travel authorisation

An electronic authorisation can be a pre-travel requirement for specified travellers. It is not interchangeable with a visa.

Understanding this document
ETA — electronic travel authorization
Destination
United Kingdom

Sources and review status

Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

Dates describe an editorial record, not a live check or legal validity. Review is due after 90 days; rules can change sooner. Open the linked source before relying on this guide.

Recorded review date
  • GOV.UK — ETA

    Recorded review date:

    Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

    Check the source's passport, residence, travel purpose and territorial scope; this link alone does not establish that it covers your case.

  • GOV.UK — nationalités ETA (9 avril 2026)

    Recorded review date:

    Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

    Check the source's passport, residence, travel purpose and territorial scope; this link alone does not establish that it covers your case.

  • GOV.UK — exceptions et motifs ETA

    Recorded review date:

    Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

    Check the source's passport, residence, travel purpose and territorial scope; this link alone does not establish that it covers your case.

Still to establish

  • No stay limit is encoded for comparison. Confirm the permitted stay, how days are counted and any cumulative limits.
Passports explicitly listed in this source

This is the recorded source scope, not a complete list of eligible nationalities or a decision on your eligibility.

  • Andorra
  • Antigua & Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Hong Kong SAR China
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao SAR China
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Korea
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • St. Kitts & Nevis
  • St. Vincent & Grenadines
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tonga
  • Tuvalu
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vatican City

Travel purposes recorded in this source

The listed purposes do not establish permission to work or undertake other activities.

  • Tourism
  • Business
  • Transit

Prepare and verify

  1. Check whether your passport, journey and transit arrangements fall within the official authorisation scheme.
  2. Apply through the official channel when required and confirm the decision, passport link and validity before travelling.

Your next checks

  1. Write down the passport you will use and its type, your country of residence and your planned activities. Residence and interface language do not replace passport nationality.
  2. List arrival and departure dates, transit stops and entry points. Check each leg separately, including whether you pass immigration during transit.
  3. Open the official instructions for that profile. Record the required documents, submission window, fees and processing guidance; mark anything the source does not confirm as unresolved.
  4. If a condition is unclear, contact the competent authority with your passport country, residence, purpose and dates. Recheck before departure and after a passport or itinerary change.
What else should I know?

An authorisation does not guarantee boarding or entry. A new passport or changed circumstances may require a new application; check the scheme's rules.

Automatic translation. The official authority's source takes precedence.

Who can apply

Check nationality and purpose using the GOV.UK service. Exemptions exist in particular for British or Irish passports and people authorized to live, work or study in the United Kingdom.

Prepare and verify

  1. Check on GOV.UK whether an ETA or a visa is necessary.
  2. Follow the official application link for each traveler concerned, including children.
  • Nationality guarantees neither an ETA nor entry. Business travel must remain within permitted visitor activities; an ETA does not allow ordinary employment.
  • British or Irish citizens, including dual nationals: no ETA. For a UK visa, permission to stay in the UK or Crown Dependencies, BNO passports or British overseas territories citizen passports: check the exemptions.
  • A resident of Ireland normally subject to an ETA arriving from Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man: exemption under conditions and proof of residence from age 16. This exception does not exempt visa-required nationalities.
  • Transit without crossing the border: confirm the exemption with the airline; transit through border control: ETA depending on profile. France–UK school trips, pending EU Settlement Scheme applications and people exempt from immigration control have separate rules.
  • Taiwan: identity card number required on the passport, so excluded from automatic matching. Nicaragua and Saint Lucia were removed on March 5, 2026; Nauru, Botswana, Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia are no longer on the list.
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Official sources

Advice from a foreign government may be intended for its own nationals. Check the destination authority's requirements for your passport and circumstances; an advisory is not a universal eligibility decision.