Stay informed on the latest visa updates and changing travel regulations with our essential guide for corporate travel buyers and event planners. From evolving entry requirements to key destination policies, this regularly updated resource helps you navigate international business travel with confidence and compliance and keep your travellers safe.
Entry into the US
Entry rules for US travellers
- Travellers, including US citizens, may face additional questioning by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
- US citizens and lawful permanent residents cannot be denied re-entry but must confirm their identity and legal status.
- Refusing to answer travel-related questions may result in delays or further inspection.
- CBP can inspect phones, laptops or tablets.
- US citizens and lawful permanent residents may decline to provide passwords and cannot be denied entry for doing so, but could face delays or device seizure.
Duty of care tips for international travellers
- Ensure possession of a valid passport (6+ months), an approved and valid ESTA or visa, and relevant travel documents (itinerary, tickets, boarding pass).
- Confirm visa type permits planned activities (tourism, business).
- During travel, carry copies of entry documents and comply with visa limits.
- CBP may request electronic device access.
- Travellers from visa waiver countries or with visas can be denied entry if they refuse access to their devices.
- CBP indicates that “less than 0.01 percent” of international travellers had their devices searched in 2024.
TIP: If concerned about sensitive information or data privacy, work with your IT department or consider having travellers download sensitive information to a device left at home during their trip.
Additional US entry restrictions – what travellers need to know
At time of publication, there are full entry suspensions for citizens from:
Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia Sudan, and Yemen.
There are limited visa suspensions for citizens from:
Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
Exemptions include US lawful permanent residents; travellers with valid US visas issued prior to 9 June; dual nationals using non-restricted passports; certain humanitarian or diplomatic travellers.
Entry into the UK: Electronic travel authorisations
All eligible visitors can now apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel or transit landside through the UK. You usually need an ETA rather than a visa if you’re from Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, Canada and certain other countries. People who require a visa to visit the UK should continue to do so and not obtain an ETA.
The fee for an ETA is £16.

Visa and arrivals updates
Authorities in Antigua are advising travellers to use the non-mandatory ArriveAntigua.com to streamline their arrival into the island nation. The site can only be accessed through a mobile or tablet, with completion made within 72 hours or travel.
There will be an introduction of Eurostar-style dual passport checks at Gibraltar’s airport, following a deal between the UK and Spanish governments, which will also end checks on people crossing the land border between Spain and Gibraltar.
Since June, China is offering visa-free entry for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay as well as Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
EES and ETIAS – latest updates
The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is expected to start operating on 12 October 2025, with ETIAS following in the last quarter of 2026, according to Business Travel News Europe.
This automated IT system, capturing biometric data, will register travellers from outside of the EU or Schengen Zone every time they cross an EU external border. It will also monitor if the traveller is staying within the rules of the Schengen visa entry and exit rules. Non-EU passport holders can only stay 90 days within 180 in the Schengen area. Longer stays will require different visas depending on where they are travelling to and from.
The ETIAS will be an EU equivalent of the US ESTA, is now expected to cost €20 and be valid for three years or the lifecycle of the passport (whichever is first).
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