This information includes some essential details like name, address in the United Kingdom as well as date of birth. The major reason for issuing the cards is to get the basic information about the passengers as they arrive. The number of landing card issued annually is around 11 million which the cost is estimated at about £3.6 million to the public on an annual basis. Right from 1971, travelers coming into the United Kingdom by air or sea from outside the EEA were expected to complete landing cards on arrival. UK Landing Cards Scrapped – the Background Presently, the gates whose main purpose is to scan e-passports are reserved exclusively for EEA (European Economic Area) national.
This decision to have the landing card scrapped came after an announcement from the government of Britain that it was set to extend the use of e-gates at the United Kingdom borders to citizens of the USA, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, and Singapore. Our experienced immigration lawyers received confirmation from UK Border Force, emphasizing the effective date as 20 th May 2019 when non-European passengers won’t have the need to complete the paper form onboard any aircraft before arrival in the UK. Furthermore, valid EU residency documents continue to be accepted for travel purposes, until the new card is issued.International passengers coming into the United Kingdom will no longer be required to fill out a UK landing card to be handed over to immigration alongside passports. It is valid until the new card is issued. The certificate with the QR code, that can be downloaded from the Portal, continues to be an official residency document for those under the Withdrawal Agreement. They do not need to contact SEF at this time.
Those resident in mainland Portugal who have already registered on the Portal will be contacted by SEF once phase 2 of the process is officially launched there. In addition to providing their data for the new card, residents will also be able to update their information with SEF.īritish nationals already registered on the Brexit Portal will be notified by email, this will be done in chronological order by date of registration. Azores: Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada The Immigration and Border Service (SEF) is today starting to contact British nationals resident in Madeira or the Azores under the Withdrawal Agreement, for them to schedule appointments to provide their biometric data for the new residency card.ĭuring this pilot project, British nationals resident on the Portuguese islands will be able, from 21 February, to go to SEF's offices in:
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