Do I Need An ETA For Entry Into The UK? Essential Information For Travellers

An Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) gives you permission to travel to the UK for short periods. Whether you can apply and whether this is applicable to you will depend on your nationality, immigration status in the UK if any, and the date you are planning to travel.

Who does not need an ETA?

You do not need an ETA if any of these apply to you:

• You have a visa
• You have permission to live, work or study in the UK (including holding status under EUSS and the right of abode)
• You are a British or Irish citizen – or are a dual citizen with British or Irish citizenship
• You are travelling with a British overseas territories citizen passport
• You legally reside in Ireland or the Channel Islands and you are entering the UK from Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man