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The United Kingdom Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is an advance travel permission required from foreign nationals who intend to visit or transit the United Kingdom without a visa. [ 1 ] The system, as part of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 , operates using an online application whose information is checked against security databases.
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568) were introduced by way of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, using emergency powers available to him under sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. [1]
The UK government had developed a pandemic response plan in previous years. In response to the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in January 2020, the UK introduced advice for travellers coming from affected countries in late January and February 2020, and began contact tracing, although this was later abandoned. [1]
A growing number of nations have banned flights from the UK in a bid to stop a mutant strain of coronavirus crossing their borders. – Which European countries have banned flights from the UK?
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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom.. The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). [2]
The UK government must act "more promptly" to help a British couple currently being held in Iran than it did to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her husband Richard Ratcliffe has said.
UK citizens do not require an entry visa for Switzerland for either short stays or for long stays (over 90 days). [347] Syria: eVisa [348] [349] Due to security concerns, the UK Government advises its citizens to avoid travelling to Syria. [350] Taiwan: Visa not required [351] 90 days Tajikistan: eVisa / Visa on arrival [352] [353] 60 days / 45 ...