Written questions

Overseas Visitors: EU Nationals

Commons · Question 31031 · Tabled 12 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 26 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce charges for EU visitors to the UK, in the context of the EU’s planned introduction of the EUR 7 visa waiver charge under its Etias system.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 26 Feb 2025

Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK. ETAs will be extended to eligible European nationals on 5 March 2025, and will be...