Apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)

This Visa is valid for up to 180-days, single entry into United Kingdom

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UK ETA Information

An ETA gives you permission to travel to the UK and here is what you can and cannot do with it.

With an ETA you can

  • Come to the UK for up to 6 months for tourism, visiting family and friends, business or short-term study
  • Come to the UK for up to 3 months on the Creative Worker visa concession
  • Come to the UK for a permitted paid engagement
  • Transit through the UK if you will pass through UK border control (‘landside’ transit)
  • With an ETA you cannot

  • Stay in the UK for longer than 6 months
  • Do paid or unpaid work for a UK company or as a self-employed person, unless you are doing a permitted paid engagement or event or work on the Creative Worker visa concession
  • Claim public funds (benefits)
  • Live in the UK through frequent or successive visits
  • Marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership - you will need to apply for a Marriage Visitor visa
  • Processing Information

    Once an application is received all personal information is treated with the strictest privacy protocol. Please refer to our privacy policy. Details submitted by applicants are checked by us for missing or incorrect information. We may contact you after you submit your application for any necessary missing or possible incorrect information. All care is taken by us to help eliminate possible rejection or denial of applications. This helps assist in expediting the application approval process. Application processing costs are £50 which is all inclusive of mandatory statutory UK Government fees. There are no additional fees to pay. *Please ensure you have a valid passport and email address for delivery of your eTA Application Approval.

    Countries that can apply for the United Kingdom ETA

    Citizens from the following contries (including associated territories) can apply for an ETA.

    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Argentina
    • Australia
    • The Bahamas
    • Bahrain
    • Barbados
    • Belize
    • Botswana
    • Brazil
    • Brunei
    • Canada
    • Chile
    • Costa Rica
    • Grenada
    • Guatemala
    • Guyana
    • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including British national overseas)
    • Israel
    • Japan
    • Kiribati
    • Kuwait
    • Macao Special Administrative Region
    • Malaysia
    • Maldives
    • Marshall Islands
    • Mauritius
    • Mexico
    • Federated States of Micronesia
    • Nauru
    • New Zealand
    • Nicaragua
    • Oman
    • Palau
    • Panama
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Paraguay
    • Peru
    • Qatar
    • Samoa
    • Saudi Arabia
    • 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 Arab Emirates
    • United States
    • Uruguay
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