From April 2, 2025, Europeans will be required to have a visa called ETA to travel to the United Kingdom for all types of travel (Business, Tourism, Studies, etc.).
The British Home Office has announced that to travel to the United Kingdom, obtaining a paid electronic visa will be compulsory. This dematerialized visa, called ETA for “Electronic Travel Authorization”, must be presented, with the biometric passport, by any visitor wishing to travel to British territory, with the exception of citizens of the Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Europeans will be the last to be affected by the implementation of this electronic visa.
This system is already in place in the United Kingdom for travelers from Gulf countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. This obligation will be extended to the rest of the world’s citizens, except Europeans, from January 8, 2025. They will be able to apply for a visa from November 27, 2024 to anticipate this new measure.
European citizens, including the French, will be the last to have this new obligation linked to travel to the United Kingdom applied. They will be able to obtain their ETA from March 5, 2025, before it becomes compulsory to enter British territory from April 2, 2025.
Visa Travel International will be able to obtain this ETA for you and you will find all the necessary information on the United Kingdom page of our site.