Visa Regulations

Who Needs a Visa

If you are from the US, an EU Member State, or certain Commonwealth countries, you do not need a visa for the UK for up to six months. See information on documents needed below.

To check what applies to your country, you can use the following tool: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

How to Apply

Here you can find information on what you need for your visa application: https://visaguide.world/europe/uk-visa/requirements/

Please note, all ECER participants with fully paid fees (ECER participant registration will start on 1 April) can access an invitation letter via their user accounts in Conftool. For that, you have to confirm in your user account details that you need such a letter. You can re-enter your user account details via Edit User Account Details on the overview page of your user account.

We recommend that participants who need a visa start the process of applying as early as possible.

EU, EEA or Swiss Citizens – Passport needed!

EU, EEA and Swiss citizens can travel to the UK for holidays or short trips without needing a visa. You can cross the UK border using a valid passport which should be valid for the whole time you are in the UK.

You cannot use an EU, EEA or Swiss national ID card to enter the UK.

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