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From April 2, 2025, tourists will have to pay a 12 euro visa to travel to the United Kingdom. It will be obtained online within three days, and will be valid for two years.
At the airport or train station, a French passport will soon no longer be sufficient to enter the United Kingdom. You will also need a visa. The measure will come into force from April 2, 2025, the visa will cost 10 pounds, or 12 euros, and you will obtain it online within three days. On the morning of Thursday, September 12, when trains depart for England, the decision caused a reaction. “If we go there, we spend money, that should be enough for them”says a Frenchman.
On the other side of the Channel, the news is worrying, especially among souvenir sellers. In a shop that sells trinkets for passing tourists, 10 pounds, for example, is one less mini Big Ben sold. Its manager fears that his turnover will drop. The only good news is that the visa will be valid for two years.