Frequently Asked Questions

An ETA allows you to travel to the UK to visit for up to 6 months. Whether you can apply depends on the date you travel and your nationality as shown on your passport.

Nationalities from the following locations (including associated territories) can apply for an ETA now

  • 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

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 settled or pre-settled status or right of abode)
  • You are a British or Irish citizen
  • You are travelling with a British overseas territories citizen passport
  • You live in Ireland and you are travelling from Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man

A Traveller's passport should be valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of entry into the UK.

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

The ETA fee is 50 GBP(Single Entry) including mandatory government fees and statutory fees.

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