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The United Kingdom’s New Travel Requirement 🇬🇧

The United Kingdom’s New Travel Requirement 🇬🇧

Travel just got a little more tedious this past month

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Feb 08, 2025
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If you are planning to travel to the UK any time soon, you’ll need to file for a new permission, called an Electronic Travel Authorization, or ETA.

What is the Deal?

Americans have had the longtime luxury of going almost anywhere without a visa, particularly in Europe. The problem has been, though, that the US hasn’t reciprocated for EU/UK nationals, requiring them to apply for ETIAS, a digital visa, before visiting. This has been a point of contention for EU/UK governments, and is one piece of the motivation to require Americans to also file for entry.

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