The cost of a British passport has risen again, with a straightforward online renewal now £94.50. Here is why fees keep climbing, when renewing early makes sense, and how the price compares with Ireland.
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.
An eight-day rail trip through Sweden, Norway and Denmark rarely needs cash at all. Here is how to pay smoothly across three currencies, and the passport rules dual nationals should know.
The government of Guernsey has finally corrected years of misleading advice about passport expiry for travel to Europe. The episode is a useful reminder of the two simple rules that genuinely apply to British passport holders.
Five years after the UK formally left the European Union, the effects span trade, immigration and money – but for travellers, the biggest changes are at the border, with new passport rules and the EES and ETIAS on the way.
When the European Commission published its ETIAS proposal in 2016, it was careful to stress that the scheme was not a reaction to Brexit. It had been expected for years and was modelled on the United States' ESTA. Here is how the original plan was framed.
Since leaving the EU, British travellers are treated as third-country nationals at Schengen borders, with stamped passports, a 90-day limit and, soon, biometric checks. Here is a plain guide to what is changing and when.
The EU's post-Brexit Entry/Exit System is scheduled for 10 November, yet reports suggest a fresh delay as some countries say they are not ready. Here is who it affects, how it works and what it means for queues at the border.
Holding an Irish passport can spare you much of the post-Brexit border red tape that British travellers now face. Here is how an EU passport works at the frontier and who is exempt from the new checks.