United Kingdom
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Travel authorisation, 6 months
Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (ETA).
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
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Official wording
ETANL 1.1. Nationalities of the following locations (including countries and associated territories) are subject to the requirement to obtain an ETA for travel to the UK, pursuant to Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation: … Qatar … South Korea … The Bahamas … Vatican City
Aevamo’s reading
Appendix V is the statement of the Immigration Rules for the Visitor route, made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971. It is the text that requires a visa national to obtain entry clearance as a Visitor before arrival, requires an ETA where Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation so provides, and grants the Standard Visitor stay of up to six months. The visa-national and ETA lists specify who those requirements reach; they do not themselves create the Visitor route.
ETANL 1.1 is the nationality list that Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation ETA 1.2 keys the ETA requirement to; every issuer on this row appears in that list, and the commencement dates in (a)–(d) have all passed.
Source details
Other entry routes 1 alternatives
These routes depend on a different document or additional conditions.
Visa-free, 6 months
lawfully resident in the Republic of Ireland and travelling to the UK from elsewhere in the Common Travel Area
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.