Do Portugal passport holders need a visa for the United Kingdom?

An Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is required by specified nationals in advance of travel to the UK.

ETA 1.2. The applicant must be a national included at ETANL 1.1. Appendix ETA National List.

ETA 4.2. A person holding a valid ETA may make multiple journeys to the UK, for the purpose of seeking permission to enter on arrival as either:

(a) a Visitor, seeking entry for up to 6 months on each occasion; or

V 1.4. A person seeking to enter the UK as a Visitor must, where required, under Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation, obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation before travelling to the UK.

V 17.2. Entry clearance and permission to enter as a Visitor will be granted for the periods set out in the following table:

| Standard Visitor | up to 6 months except:

What’s your nationality as shown on your passport or travel document? Portugal

You'll need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) or a visa

What are you coming to the UK to do? Tourism or visiting family and friends

(d) travelling to the UK on or after 2 April 2025: Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Vatican City

ETA 4.2. A person holding a valid ETA may make multiple journeys to the UK, for the purpose of seeking permission to enter on arrival as either: (a) a Visitor, seeking entry for up to 6 months on each occasion; or (b) a Creative Worker who is seeking entry to the UK pursuant to Appendix Temporary Work – Creative Worker at CRV 3.2.

V 1.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Visitor must apply for and obtain entry clearance before they arrive in the UK if they are: (a) a visa national, unless V 1.3. (b) applies; or (b) seeking to marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership, in the UK unless they are a “relevant national” as defined in section 62 of the Immigration Act 2014; or (c) seeking to come to the UK as a Visitor for more than 6 months. V 1.2. Within the period for which the entry clearance is valid, a Visitor may enter and leave the UK multiple times, unless the entry clearance is endorsed as single or dual entry. V 1.3. A person seeking to come to the UK as a Visitor may apply for permission to enter on arrival in the UK where they are: (a) a non-visa national, unless V 1.1. (b) or (c) apply; or (b) a visa national and an exception applies as set out in Appendix Visitor: Visa National list or Appendix Visitor: Transit Without Visa Scheme. V 1.4. A person seeking to enter the UK as a Visitor must, where required, under Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation, obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation before travelling to the UK.

(a) a Visitor, seeking entry for up to 6 months on each occasion; or

V 1.4. A person seeking to enter the UK as a Visitor must, where required, under Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation, obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation before travelling to the UK.

V 17.2. Entry clearance and permission to enter as a Visitor will be granted for the periods set out in the following table:

| Standard Visitor | up to 6 months except:

ETA 4.2. A person holding a valid ETA may make multiple journeys to the UK, for the purpose of seeking permission to enter on arrival as either: (a) a Visitor, seeking entry for up to 6 months on each occasion; or (b) a Creative Worker who is seeking entry to the UK pursuant to Appendix Temporary Work – Creative Worker at CRV 3.2.