Start applying for UK entry visa now
The ETA is a permit to travel to the United Kingdom that the British Government requires of all travellers who do not need a visa and are travelling for short stays (less than six months).
The British government understands the 90-day rule frustration
The new Labour government “gets the problem” and talk of a reset with the EU is encouraging.
Border control
Britons will soon have to provide fingerprints landing in Mallorca
Passport control officers will scan your fingerprints or take a photo of your face.
Foreign Office updates guide for UK travellers to Spain
British nationals living in Spain do not need their passports to be stamped. Actively show your proof of residence, such as the foreigner’s identity card (‘la tarjeta de identidad de extranjero’ or ‘TIE’), when presenting your passport at Spanish border control.
Urgent ID warning for Britons living in Spain
The Spanish Government are encouraging all Green Certificate holders to exchange their paper document for the biometric TIE as soon as possible.
- Another body found by a Mallorca beach
- The growing problem in the Balearics of the illegal marketing of second homes as tourist accommodation
- As the town hall announces 21 million euros investment, Playa de Palma residents denounce drugs and homelessness
- Sunday weather in Mallorca - Feeling some effect from Storm Jana
- Balearic government plans big increase in tax on cruise ship passengers and even a cash levy on hire cars
Comment
Spanish don’t like Brexit now thay have to pay!
The new Electronic Travel Authorisation comes into force next month costing Spaniards travelling to the UK ten pounds each and they’re not happy.
Humphrey Carter07/03/2025 10:48