Immigration Rules Appendix ETA National List

List of nationalities requiring an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) prior to travel to the UK pursuant to Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation.

ETANL 1.1. Nationalities of the following locations (including countries and associated territories) are subject to the requirement to obtain an ETA for travel to the UK, pursuant to Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation:

  1. (a) for travel to the UK on or after 15 November 2023:

    Qatar

    (b) for travel to the UK on or after 22 February 2024:

  2. Bahrain
  3. Kuwait
  4. Oman
  5. United Arab Emirates
  6. Saudi Arabia

    (c) for travel to the UK on or after 8 January 2025:

  7. Antigua and Barbuda
  8. Argentina
  9. Australia
  10. Barbados
  11. Belize
  12. Botswana
  13. Brazil
  14. Brunei
  15. Canada
  16. Chile
  17. Costa Rica
  18. Grenada
  19. Guatemala
  20. Guyana
  21. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including British National (Overseas))
  22. Israel
  23. Japan
  24. Kiribati
  25. Macao Special Administrative Region
  26. Malaysia
  27. Maldives
  28. Marshall Islands
  29. Mauritius
  30. Mexico
  31. Federated States of Micronesia
  32. Nauru
  33. New Zealand
  34. Nicaragua
  35. Palau
  36. Panama
  37. Papua New Guinea
  38. Paraguay
  39. Peru
  40. St Kitts and Nevis
  41. St Lucia
  42. St Vincent and the Grenadines
  43. Samoa
  44. Seychelles
  45. Singapore
  46. Solomon Islands
  47. South Korea
  48. Taiwan*
  49. The Bahamas
  50. Tonga
  51. Trinidad and Tobago
  52. Tuvalu
  53. United States
  54. Uruguay

    *Those who hold a passport issued by Taiwan that includes in it the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan.

    (d) travelling to the UK on or after 2 April 2025:

  55. Andorra
  56. Austria
  57. Belgium
  58. Bulgaria
  59. Croatia
  60. Cyprus
  61. Czechia
  62. Denmark
  63. Estonia
  64. Finland
  65. France
  66. Germany
  67. Greece
  68. Hungary
  69. Iceland
  70. Italy
  71. Latvia
  72. Liechtenstein
  73. Lithuania
  74. Luxembourg
  75. Malta
  76. Monaco
  77. Netherlands
  78. Norway
  79. Poland
  80. Portugal
  81. Romania
  82. San Marino
  83. Slovakia
  84. Slovenia
  85. Spain
  86. Sweden
  87. Switzerland
  88. Vatican City