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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. [9]
The ETA will be mandatory for all “non-visa” overseas visitors to the UK, with the exception of Irish nationals, who are allowed free movement under the Common Travel Agreement.
However, the United States has required from January 2009 a similar ETA from citizens of Australia and some more countries. This system is not called a visa, but Electronic System for Travel Authorisation, therefore the US allows visa-free travel for Australians. As of December 1998, Japan has also granted visa-free access to Australians. [421]
Beginning in the 2000s many countries introduced e-visas and electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) as an alternative to traditional visas.An ETA is a kind of pre-arrival registration, which may or may not be officially classified as a visa depending on the issuing jurisdiction, required for foreign travellers who are exempted from obtaining a full visa.
But that is all changing with a new online permit, the Electronic Travel Authorisation, The ETA will be mandatory for all “non-visa” overseas visitors to the UK – except for Irish people ...
E-Visas are available for stays up to 30 days (single and multiple) and 90 days (multiple). [44] [45] No Bhutan: eVisa [46] [47] 90 days [48] May independently obtain an e-Visa whose duration of stay is 90 days. Visa fee is 40 USD per person (nonrefundable). Visa application may be processed within 5 business days.
As of December 1998, Japan also granted visa-free access to Australians. [83] Other ETA eligible countries and territories Canada, [84] Hong Kong, [85] Malaysia, [86] Singapore, [87] South Korea [88] and Taiwan [89] also grant visa-free access to Australians while Brunei grants Australians a 30-day visa on arrival. [90]
Visa fee can be waived with Jordan Pass and three night hotel stay. [239] No Kazakhstan: Visa not required [240] 30 days Visa free was granted in 2014 under the unilateral visa waiver for countries with high investment in the Kazakhstan economy. [citation needed] No Kenya: Electronic Travel Authorisation [241] [242] 90 days