Question follow-through · 21568
Electronic Travel Authorisations: British National (Overseas) and Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of requiring Electronic Travel Authorisation on (a) BN(O) and (b) Hong Kong passport holders seeking sanctuary.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 41 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of requiring Electronic Travel Authorisation on (a) BN(O) and (b) Hong Kong passport holders seeking sanctuary.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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13 Feb 2025
Answer published
Electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK.ETAs were expanded to BN(O) passport holders on 27 November 2024 and are currently...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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