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FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 14 March 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  This travel advice also covers American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 7 November 2024

Guidance on the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) for defence personnel, veterans and their families.

• Updated: 8 January 2025

British travellers to the US must register with the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) before their journey

• Updated: 21 December 2017

• Updated: 16 May 2024

Statement from the representatives of the governments of Albania, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.

• Updated: 1 April 2025

FCDO travel advice for Guatemala. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 17 February 2025

The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person

• Updated: 1 April 2025

• Updated: 1 January 2005