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2023 Event Speaker

Lee Graham, Home Office Future Borders and Immigration System (FBIS) External Engagement Team

10.40am: Home office Information – Introduction to Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) & further roll out of e-Visa’s

Electronic Travel Authorisation – is advance permission to travel to the UK, for those who do not currently need to obtain a visa, or do not have a UK immigration status.

E-Visa’s – UK Government is developing a Border and Immigration system that is “Digital by Default”. Immigration documents like Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) are being phased out and replaced with an eVisa, an electronic record including a person’s ​immigration conditions plus some biographic and other details which customers can access.

About Lee Graham

Lee Graham has been a civil servant for 21 years. In that time he has worked across Government Departments and on such major initiatives as the European Settlement Scheme and the Introduction of the Points Based System.

Lee now heads up the Future Borders & Immigration External Engagement Team which provides direct information to businesses on the processes and requirements around employing people from overseas.

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