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The Home Office announced that visa-free nationalities outside Europe will be able to apply for UK ETA starting 27 November 2024 and be able to use it to travel to the UK from 8 January 2025. European visa-free nationalities may apply for it from 5 March 2025 and may use it to travel to the UK from 2 April 2025.
Visas issued by the UK Home Office are being switched to digital systems in the new year. This means that most government-issued documents that confirm a person’s immigration status will expire ...
An electronic visa (e-Visa or eVisa) or Electronic travel authorization (or ETA) is stored in a computer and is linked to the passport number so no label, sticker, or stamp is placed in the passport before travel. The application is done over the internet, and the receipt acts as a visa, which can be printed or stored on a mobile device.
On 30 March 2010, Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, and David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, announced to Parliament that, having carried out a review of visa regimes in relation to Eastern Caribbean countries, 5 countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines) would have their visa-free ...
Multiple entry e-Visa is also available. [343] Sweden: Visa not required [344] 90 days 90 days within any 180-day period in the Schengen Area. [55] [56] [57] Switzerland: Visa not required [345] UK citizens do not require an entry visa for Switzerland for either short stays or for long stays (over 90 days). [346] Syria: eVisa [347] [348]
In 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to reduce net migration to the UK (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) below 250,000 per year. [3] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, [4] with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [5]
Country Visa requirement Allowed stay Notes (excluding departure fees) Afghanistan Visa required [21] Albania eVisa [22] [23]: Visa-free travel for a maximum stay of 90 days within any 180-day period for valid or previously used visa issued by a Schengen area country, the United States, or the United Kingdom.
BN(O) citizens are eligible to choose to apply for settled status after 5 years of qualifying residence in the UK. BN(O) citizens are eligible to choose to additionally register as a British citizen after 12 months with settled status, under Section 4c of the British Nationality Act 1981. British citizenship confers right of abode in the UK.