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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…

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

• Updated: 21 December 2017

Updates, news and events from the UK government in USA

• Updated: 15 August 2017

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

Information about jobs across the United States supported by UK companies and USA exports to the UK.

• Updated: 8 June 2020

Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs

• Updated: 24 May 2024

A summary from UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) on science and innovation in the USA including UK SIN priorities and successes.

• Updated: 24 May 2024

Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in the USA.

• Updated: 25 March 2019

• Updated: 24 April 2023