Registered Traveller: faster entry through the UK border
Eligibility
To apply for Registered Traveller membership, you must be 18 or older and have an eligible passport.
You must also either:
- have an eligible UK visa or entry clearance
- have visited the UK at least 4 times in the last 24 months
It counts as visiting when you enter the UK from another country. It does not count if you’re just passing through the UK on your way to another country.
Eligible passports
Africa
Botswana, Seychelles.
Asia
Brunei, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region passports only), Macao Special Administrative Region, Malaysia, Maldives, Taiwan (if your passport has a personal ID number on the photo page).
Europe
Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City State.
Middle East
Israel (a travel document in lieu of national passport, also called a provisional passport, is not eligible).
North America
Bahamas, Mexico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Oceania
Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga.
South and Central America
Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.
Eligible visas
Most visas are eligible.
You cannot use your visa to apply for Registered Traveller membership if you have:
- a Marriage Visitor visa
- a Graduate visa
- a British National (overseas) visa - dependents
- a High Potential Individual visa
- a Tier 5 Sporting and Creative Concessions
- an EEA family permit
- been granted ‘discretionary leave’ or ‘leave outside the rules’
You’ll need to have visited the UK at least 4 times in the last 24 months instead.