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 travelers safe.
Entry into the UK: Electronic travel authorizations
All eligible visitors can now apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to travel or transit landside through the UK. You usually need an ETA rather than a visa if you’re from the US or Canada. 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 travelers 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.
EU EES and ETIAS – latest updates
The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorization 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 travelers from outside of the EU or Schengen Zone every time they cross an EU external border. It will also monitor if the traveler 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 traveling 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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