Method and sources

The checkers answer three questions for a passport and a destination: which authorisation is needed, what it costs per person, and where to apply. Every fee and every nationality list sits in one data file (data/authorisations.json), regenerated by a script that reads the official sources; the last reading is dated October 24, 2026. No amount is written into the program code.

Three readings are not made on the live official page, because the government site turns automated reading away. The New Zealand visa waiver list was read on an archived copy of the official Immigration New Zealand page dated October 8, 2026 (Internet Archive), and the NZeTA facts (72 hours, groups of up to ten in the app) on an archived copy dated October 13, 2026. The Canadian facts (exemption of US permanent residents, conditional eTA for Indonesia and Malaysia, documents requested within 72 hours) were read on an archived copy of the canada.ca “How to apply” page dated October 13, 2026. The New Zealand fees come from the official INZ fee table (PDF), read directly on October 24, 2026.

1. Which authorisation

For the United Kingdom the checker reads the Appendix ETA National List and the visa national list of the Immigration Rules, with the date each wave of nationalities came in. For Canada it applies sections 7.01, 12.05 and 190 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: a list of eTA countries, a list of countries eligible only under conditions (a Canadian visa in the last ten years or a valid US non-immigrant visa), and the exemptions for US citizens and green card holders. For the United States it reads the 42 Visa Waiver Program countries on the DHS page. For Australia it reads the eVisitor and ETA lists of the Department of Home Affairs, and for New Zealand the visa waiver list of Immigration New Zealand. A passport on no list gets “check the official site”, never a guess.

2. What it costs

One fee per traveller, children included, because none of the five systems has a child rate: £20 for the UK ETA (Home Office fee table, since April 8, 2026), CAD 7 for the Canadian eTA (section 294.1), USD 40.62 for the ESTA since October 16, 2026 (Federal Register of October 1, 2026; USD 10.62 if refused), AUD 20 for the Australian ETA through the official app and nothing for the eVisitor, and for New Zealand the NZeTA (NZD 17 in the app, NZD 23 online) plus the visitor levy of NZD 100.

3. Conversion into euros

Each fee is converted at the ECB euro reference rate of October 23, 2026 (€1 = 0.8373 GBP, 1.1193 USD, 1.5665 CAD, 1.5939 AUD, 1.9682 NZD), rounded to the cent. It is an indication: your card issuer applies its own rate on the day of payment and may add a fee.

4. Validity and dates

Validity runs from the day of issue for the stated term (two years for the UK ETA, the ESTA and the NZeTA, five years for the eTA, twelve months in Australia) and ends the day before the anniversary, or earlier with the passport. The “apply by” date subtracts the official delay in calendar days: five days for the UK (“up to three working days”, plus a weekend), three days for Canada and New Zealand (72 hours). The United States and Australia publish no figure, so no date is shown, only the official advice.

Example

A family of four with German passports flying to London and New York: £80 for four UK ETAs and USD 162.48 for four ESTAs, €240.71 in all at the ECB rate of October 23, 2026.

Tests and updates

The engine is covered by automated tests (fees, lists, the Canadian conditions, validity, apply-by dates, rounding); a mismatch stops publication. The script scripts/update-data.mjs reads the ECB rates and the official pages, and fails loudly if an expected figure is missing rather than publishing an old one. For now it is run by hand; it will run automatically once the site is online. ETIAS, the European authorisation, is not yet in service: its €20 fee is shown as announced, with no start date. Found an error? contact@etaprice.com.