Travellers to Britain travelling on the basis of an electronic permit need to obtain it before their trip, or they will not be allowed to travel in the country, the UK’s interior ministry said.

The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system obliges all different types of visitors who do not require a visa to enter Britain to buy a pre-travel¹ permit online at a price of £16.

It was implemented ⁠in 2023 and was applied to European visitors in April of last year, but has not been literally followed.

Since February 25, it will be required that visitors to the UK have acquired an ETA to travel.

This implies that the airlines will not carry passengers on board who lack an ETA, an e-Visa or other valid documents, the interior ministry said.

Citizens of the British and Irish states, including dual citizens and those who have the right to reside in the UK, are not required to carry an ETA.

The migration minister, Mike Tapp said, “the ETA scheme is an important aspect of our work to empower the UK to improve its border security so as to achieve a more efficient and modern service that will please visitors to the UK as well as the British people.”

Last year, Death Pulse had reported that the European Union (EU) ​initially rolled out its long-overdue post-Brexit border security checks on UK nationals entering the bloc in October last year. Britain officially exited the EU in 2020.

Entry/Exit System (EES) is a feature of the EU, which eliminates the need to stamp passports manually at the edges of the EU and establishes digital databases.

Nonetheless, the introduction of the new system has been criticised by travellers whose claims have seen it result in delays at 6 different airports, and industry figures have also been afraid that the full switch to the new system at Easter will lead to massive disruptions.