This guide contains advice on faster travel through the UK border, including:
You should check what you need to do to enter the UK.
Updated age of eGate users from 12 to 10.
Added a guide to reasons you may not get through ePassport gates.
Updated information on use of ID cards to enter the UK if you're an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen.
Updated section on 'Getting your passport stamped by a Border Force officer' to reflect the introduction of the new Temporary Work Creative Worker route.
Guidance updated in light of the end of the transition period.
Updated to add eGates YouTube video
Updated to add information for nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the USA about eGates
Updated information on eGates
New Brexit information.
New information on restrictions or bans for bringing some food products in the UK.
Updated guidance.
Updated information.
Information on using your passport, rather than an ID card, added.
First published.