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Electronic Travel Authorisations: EU Countries

Commons · Question 8225 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether airlines who will have responsibility for checking electronic travel authorisations (ETA) for EU nationals from 2 April 2025 will also have the ability to check (a) EU identity cards and (b) E

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 21 Oct 2024

If their passengers hold an ETA and are seeking to travel to the UK using the passport they used to apply for their ETA, airlines will receive automated messaging confirming the existence of a permission to travel.If their passengers hold an eVisa and are...