If you're traveling from America to the DConf in London, you'll now need a VISA. I just applied for mine.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 2:35:16 PM MST Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> If you're traveling from America to the DConf in London, you'll now need a VISA. I just applied for mine.
>
> https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

If I'm reading that right, you don't necessarily need a VISA, but you do need an ETA, which wasn't a thing before.

- Jonathan M Davis

On 2/19/2025 8:06 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 2:35:16 PM MST Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
>> If you're traveling from America to the DConf in London, you'll now need a VISA.
>> I just applied for mine.
>>
>> https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta
> 
> If I'm reading that right, you don't necessarily need a VISA, but you do
> need an ETA, which wasn't a thing before.


You're right, an ETA.

On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 9:59:17 PM MST Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> On 2/19/2025 8:06 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 2:35:16 PM MST Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> >> If you're traveling from America to the DConf in London, you'll now need a VISA. I just applied for mine.
> >>
> >> https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta
> >
> > If I'm reading that right, you don't necessarily need a VISA, but you do need an ETA, which wasn't a thing before.
>
>
> You're right, an ETA.

In any case, thanks for pointing this out. I have had a couple of people point it out to me already, but I don't know how anyone would know about this new requirement unless someone heard about it and decided to tell them.

- Jonathan M Davis

On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 08:26:03 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:

>
> In any case, thanks for pointing this out. I have had a couple of people point it out to me already, but I don't know how anyone would know about this new requirement unless someone heard about it and decided to tell them.
>
> 

I'll include a prominent notice about it on the web page.

On 2/20/2025 12:26 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> In any case, thanks for pointing this out. I have had a couple of people
> point it out to me already, but I don't know how anyone would know about
> this new requirement unless someone heard about it and decided to tell them.

You're right. I read a brief mention of it on the news, and nothing since.

On 2/20/2025 1:10 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
> I'll include a prominent notice about it on the web page.

Good idea!

On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 09:10:27 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

> I'll include a prominent notice about it on the web page.

The announcement has been copy-paste-modified, right?

On Friday, 21 February 2025 at 12:51:52 UTC, kdevel wrote:
> On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 09:10:27 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>
>> I'll include a prominent notice about it on the web page.
>
> The announcement has been copy-paste-modified, right?

I don't know what you mean.

On Friday, 21 February 2025 at 13:00:52 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Friday, 21 February 2025 at 12:51:52 UTC, kdevel wrote:
>> On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 09:10:27 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>>
>>> I'll include a prominent notice about it on the web page.
>>
>> The announcement has been copy-paste-modified, right?
>
> I don't know what you mean.

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