Thread by @StevePeers

UK government strategy paper on immigration policy now published -
gov.uk/government/pub…

One headline yesterday said EU citizens would be subject to travel authorisation. Misleading as some form of travel authorisation will apply to *all* visitors, except UK and Irish citizens.

There are no further details besides the scope and planned date of the rollout. Note that similar systems in the EU, US and Canada provide for a travel authorisation valid for several years, ie no need to apply for each visit during that period.

We know more about how the EU equivalent travel authorisation process will work, since the law setting it up has been passed. My earlier summary and overview here:
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/04/brave-…

To answer a frequent question, it's not clear if the UK travel authorisation rules will apply to legal residents (either EU or non-EU) who travel abroad then return. The EU equivalent exempts them.

Good point re the UK travel authorisation system - although the issue would not arise on the Irish side unless Ireland sets up its own travel authorisation system (it opted out of the EU/Schengen system)

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