UK rolling out Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)

[MEL_Traveller]

Thanks! that’s cleared up a lot of questions, which weren’t covered on the uk’s own official website! I see the uk says you can check your eVisa status - which can be used as proof of entitlement - at anytime as long as you have a UKVI log in.

Is that system up and running? Because otherwise everyone should have one of those if they intend to travel and don’t have the other documents or a passport?

 

[VPS]

This is referring to the UK transitioning the Identity Card for Foreign Nationals (publicly referred to as Biometric Residence Permits) to Electronic Visas without making sure that the e-visa system actually works for everyone.

Similarly EU/EEA citizens who have obtained Settled Status from when the UK was in the EU, have no physical way to prove this status.

People who can't get their e-Visa to show up will therefore have problems travelling to the UK until the responsible government agency fixes things.

Thanks - that was what I was reading about and I couldn't remember the details