The UK government announced that nationals of 49 countries and territories will be able to apply for Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) from 27 November 2024. Visitors from these countries will be required to hold an ETA to travel to the UK from 08 January 2025.

From 05 March 2025, the ETA system will be open to European nationals and will become a travel requirement from 02 April 2025.

Tourists and business travellers  will be able to apply for an electronic travel authorisation on the government portal www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta or from the mobile application “UK ETA” available on the App Store and Google Play Store.

The ETA costs £10. The ETA is valid for 2 years, or until the passport expires if it is less valid, and allows multiple trips to the UK during this period.

The ETA allows its holder to come to the UK for up to 6 months for tourism, to visit family and friends, for business, for short-term study or to transit through the country.

Nationalities from the following locations (including associated territories) can apply for an ETA from 27 November 2024.

They can travel to the UK with an ETA from 08 January 2025.

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Australia
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Hong Kong (including British national overseas)
• Israel
• Japan
• Kiribati
• Macao
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia (Federated States)
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Palau
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Samoa
• Seychelles
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• South Korea
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Taiwan (if you have a passport issued by Taiwan that includes in it the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan)
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tuvalu
• United States
• Uruguay

Nationalities from the following locations (including associated territories) can apply for an ETA from 05 March 2025.

They can travel to the UK with an ETA from 02 April 2025.

• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czechia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• San Marino
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Vatican City