Question follow-through · 17379
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using electronic travel authorisations on the speed in which Hong Kong (a) BNO status holders and (b) political prisoners can leave H
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using electronic travel authorisations on the speed in which Hong Kong (a) BNO status holders and (b) political prisoners can leave H
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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10 Dec 2024
Answer published
Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) were expanded to all eligible non-European nationalities on 27 November, and will be a requirement for travel to the UK from 8 January. ETAs have been introduced to strengthen the UK’s border security and help preve...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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