Electronic Travel Authorisations: British National (Overseas)
(asked on 21st February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will make an assessment on the potential merits of exempting British National (Overseas) passport holders from Electronic Travel Authorisation.
Answered by
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 26th February 2025
The UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme was introduced on 25 October 2023 to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK.
ETAs were expanded to British National (Overseas) BN(O) passport holders on 27 November 2024 and are currently a requirement for travel to or transit, landside, via the UK. We keep all policies under review.