ETA for travel to London - needed or a scam

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you not been reading the news for the past year?! It is not a scam in the least. Maybe you should go to EPCOT instead.

We’re headed there in a couple weeks, can’t wait!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you not been reading the news for the past year?! It is not a scam in the least. Maybe you should go to EPCOT instead.

Headed there in 2 weeks, can’t wait!

[Anonymous]

Was in London a month ago. We needed it. We just downloaded the app and I filled it out for each of us. Took hardly any time at all. You will need photos of yourselves and of your passports.

[Anonymous]

Do it directly and don’t be fooled by 3rd party sites trying to charge more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ETA has been in place for nearly a year at this point, I applied for mine last December for January travel.

Just make sure you go to the official site. There are scam services that will charge a fee to do the application, which is totally unnecessary since it is a 5 minute process at most.

This. Make sure you go to the official uk.gov site.

[Anonymous]

I'm really surprised Americans don't have an exemption from this requirement.

My guess is that President Trump will lean in and get us an exemption.

[Anonymous]

FYI, Brazil now requires that Americans have visas to enter the country.

We no longer have easy traveling privileges all around the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who can I talk to to get a waiver?

😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really surprised Americans don't have an exemption from this requirement.

My guess is that President Trump will lean in and get us an exemption.

lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI, Brazil now requires that Americans have visas to enter the country.

We no longer have easy traveling privileges all around the world.

This is required for all UK visitors from visa exempt countries, including the EU and Canada. The US has not been singled out in any way, and your privileges are the same. You just have to do a short online form and pay a small fee now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would you have thought it’s a scam?

To be fair, these types of things are often surrounded by some sort of scam where somebody offers a "service" to get it for you and add on a $50 "expedited fee" or similar. Often if you google it those sponsored links show up above the official link.

It's still not a scam.

Agreed, but if you see a bunch of these scammer links when you search, trying to get your attention away from the official site, it's understandable why it might give you pause.

This- everyone beating up OP on not being sophisticated to know this! Meanwhile tons of scammers. Of course OP is cautious. And felt like this is a safe place to ask. Good job guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really surprised Americans don't have an exemption from this requirement.

My guess is that President Trump will lean in and get us an exemption.

I just love the smell of sarcasm in the afternoon!

[Anonymous]

OP here, I applied for and received the ETA for each of us and received the clearance within minutes of applying. An additional $110 for the trip ($22.01 each, for 5 of us).

Thank you to those who were helpful, and for those who think I'm a yokel, whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I applied for and received the ETA for each of us and received the clearance within minutes of applying. An additional $110 for the trip ($22.01 each, for 5 of us).

Thank you to those who were helpful, and for those who think I'm a yokel, whatever.

Glad you got it sorted OP. As a general rule when things are on government websites they are normally not a scam.

Well, except in the USA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As others have noted, it's real and you need it, but that doesn't make it less of a scam. It's just that the scammers are the British government.

Just like the US government which has been charging Brits for tourist visas for years.

Sure, that is also a scam fee. As is the new fee for foreign entry to national parks. No argument from me.