9 April 2026United Kingdom
A UK ETA now also covers Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man
Previously the authorisation was valid for the UK alone. The Crown Dependencies are now included in the same permission.
Electronic Travel Authorisation
Since 25 February 2026 airlines must refuse boarding without one, so an ETA is now enforced at the gate rather than discovered at the border.
British and Irish citizens do not need one. Since 9 April 2026 a single ETA also covers Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
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Previously the authorisation was valid for the UK alone. The Crown Dependencies are now included in the same permission.
The increase took effect at 9am, set by statutory instrument made three weeks earlier. This is the second spring rise in a row — it went from £10 to £16 in April 2025 — which makes mid-March the moment to watch for next year's figure.
The requirement had been in force since April 2025, but carrier enforcement began now. In practice this is the date the rule acquired teeth: previously an oversight might be resolved at the border, and now it stops you at the gate.
The first increase since the scheme opened in October 2023, and the start of what now looks like an annual spring pattern.
The final phase of the rollout. Every eligible non-visa national now needs one, though British and Irish citizens are exempt — and dual British-Irish citizens cannot obtain one at all.