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. Colombia
  18. Costa Rica
  19. Grenada
  20. Guatemala
  21. Guyana
  22. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (including British National (Overseas))
  23. Israel
  24. Japan
  25. Kiribati
  26. Macao Special Administrative Region
  27. Malaysia
  28. Maldives
  29. Marshall Islands
  30. Mauritius
  31. Mexico
  32. Federated States of Micronesia
  33. Nauru
  34. New Zealand
  35. Nicaragua
  36. Palau
  37. Panama
  38. Papua New Guinea
  39. Paraguay
  40. Peru
  41. St Kitts and Nevis
  42. St Lucia
  43. St Vincent and the Grenadines
  44. Samoa
  45. Seychelles
  46. Singapore
  47. Solomon Islands
  48. South Korea
  49. Taiwan*
  50. The Bahamas
  51. Tonga
  52. Trinidad and Tobago
  53. Tuvalu
  54. United States
  55. 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:

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