Four travel authorisations now stand between you and a flight, and none is a visa

Trek Guide The UK charges £20, the US $40.27, Canada CAN$7 and the EU will charge €20 when it starts. What each covers, and which one does not exist yet. By Bishnu Adhikari · Sep 25, 2026 Read the full story

Four countries and blocs now ask visa-free travellers for an electronic permission before they fly, and none of them is a visa. The United Kingdom charges £20, the United States $40.27, the European Union will charge €20 when its system starts, and Canada… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

What each one costs and how long it lasts

The price has no relationship to the length of cover. Canada asks seven dollars for up to five years; the United States asks forty for two. Two details catch people. Every one of them dies with the passport it is attached to, so renewing your passport means… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Who actually needs one

If you could previously fly visa-free, you are the person these were built for. The UK requires an ETA from visa-exempt nationals, which now includes the EU, the US, Canada, Australia and around eighty other countries. Canada's eTA applies to visa-exempt… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

How fast they come through

Usually minutes, sometimes days, and that gap is the whole risk. Canada says most applicants are approved by email within minutes, but some requests take several days if supporting documents are asked for. The same pattern holds across these systems: the… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

The copycat site problem

Every one of these has imitators that charge more for the same government form. They rank in search, look official, and add a "service fee" on top of the real one. The defence is simple: reach the application through the government domain — gov.uk, canada.ca… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Nepal works the other way

Nepal has not replaced its visa with a pre-authorisation, so there is nothing to arrange before you fly. You buy a tourist visa on arrival at Kathmandu airport, or online in advance: $30 for 15 days, $50 for 30 days and $125 for 90 days . It is one of the… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Keep reading

Fees, the on-arrival process and the rules by nationality. Which permits we buy, and the five costs that are never included. How many days you really get once the flights are counted. What you can actually claim, country by country. Sources: gov.uk (UK ETA… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

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