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snowingagain wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2026 6:55 pm Yes earky ETAs were easy to get without lying. Later ones not so.

Was it an actual question on the earky ones?

I've never applied so wouldn't know. Mrs Chelski (German) doesn't remember either.

Or do we now know/think it will be applied to future ones?

Someone gave details about this. Something along the lines that it was easy early on to complete the ETA application and avoid mentiontiong you were a dual UK citizen as it was not provided as an option in the drop down list of nationalities to choose from. So you did not have to lie. But this has now changed and you have to blantantly fib which can get very messy if you are caught.

BTW Simon Calder the Independent travel guy is saying the Dublin dodge still working. https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/ ... 45773.html

Earky night for me now.

I used an elecronic check in machine on the way out, used one on arrival and same coming back. Just for clarity, once I was through at my destination I had a chat with a lad from border force on the other side ( too long to write in detail ) and he reckoned it was simply that my ETA was from last year.
He did warn me that a new ETA would be a different story so get a Passport etc before september when my current ETA runs out. No need, i have zero plans to return to the UK.

Alls well that ends well.

snowingagain wrote:Someone gave details about this. Something along the lines that it was easy early on to complete the ETA application and avoid mentiontiong you were a dual UK citizen as it was not provided as an option in the drop down list of nationalities to choose from. So you did not have to lie. But this has now changed and you have to blantantly fib which can get very messy if you are caught.

Agreed and thanks for the clarification.

snowingagain wrote:Earky night for me now.

I laughed. It was a proper belly laugh, too. Nice. Thank you.