The UK is now enforcing its Electronic Travel Authorisation for visitors from 85 nationalities, with a grace period ending on 25 February 2026. The permit costs £16, is linked to your passport, and does not by itself guarantee entry.
From Wednesday 2 April 2025, European visitors to Britain must buy an Electronic Travel Authorisation before they travel. Here is a plain-language guide to the new ETA: what it costs, who is exempt, how to apply and how it fits alongside the EU's own incoming border checks.
From 2 April 2025, European visitors to the UK have to buy an Electronic Travel Authorisation before they travel, as Britain screens arrivals before they reach the border. Here is what the new requirement means in practice.
Airline body IATA has condemned the UK government's plan to raise the Electronic Travel Authorisation fee by 60% to £16, just a week after the scheme launched, calling it a self-inflicted blow to tourism. Here is what is behind the warning.
IATA has come out against a UK Home Office proposal to raise the Electronic Travel Authorisation fee by 60% to £16, just weeks after the scheme launched. The airline body warns the increase would dent the UK's tourism competitiveness.
From 8 January 2025, travellers from 48 more non-European countries need a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation, bringing the total to 55 nationalities. The ETA costs £10 and is valid for two years of repeated short visits.
The UK has made its Electronic Travel Authorisation mandatory for visa-exempt travellers from dozens more countries. Here is the rollout timeline, who is affected, the cost and how the scheme works.
2025 brought three new travel schemes that are remarkably easy to mix up: the UK's ETA, the EU's long-delayed EES, and ETIAS to follow. Here is a plain-language guide to what each one is, when it arrives, and how the new Sustainable Aviation Fuel rules fit into the picture.