Question follow-through · 9471

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the roll-out of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements on (a) processing times for non-UK based passengers transiting through airports in

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Home Office
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the roll-out of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements on (a) processing times for non-UK based passengers transiting through airports in

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme was launched to secure our borders and make the UK safer, by enhancing our ability to screen travellers upstream. The scheme will apply to passengers from eligible countries who are transiting the UK. ET...

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