""From February 2026, visitors will not be able to travel to the UK without advance permission. This is a significant step towards digitising the immigration system and paves the way for a contactless UK border in the future. Enforcing will mean that everyone who wants to come to the UK must have digital permission through either an ETA or an eVisa. Carriers will be checking people before they travel.""
""The Electronic Travel Authorisation is, technically, not a visa, rather it is a visa waiver. However its introduction ends paperwork-free travel to the UK for people from countries where a visa is not required for a short stay - including Americans, Canadian, Australians and citizens of all EU/EEA countries. Only people who are travelling on a valid UK or Irish passport are exempt from the new requirement. People who have a British long-stay visa or residency status should show that at the border instead.""
Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rollout began in 2023 and became compulsory for non-UK/Irish travellers by April 2025. A grace period during which people without ETA often entered will end on February 25, 2026. From that date, travellers who require an ETA will be denied entry or denied boarding if travelling by plane. Enforcement will require advance digital permission via an ETA or an eVisa, with carriers checking before travel. The ETA is a visa waiver, not a visa, and replaces paperwork-free short-stay travel for nationals of visa-exempt countries. Each traveller, including children, must apply online and pay £16 (€18).
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