{
  "profile": "tabular-data-package",
  "name": "entry-authorisations",
  "title": "Entry authorisations: arrival cards, eVisas and ETAs",
  "description": "Who needs it, the fee as published, when to apply and validity for 25 digital arrival cards, eVisas, electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) and border registrations, each read on an official government or official programme source. ETIAS is listed but not yet operating. Re-check the official site before travel: these rules and fees change.",
  "homepage": "https://travelshifu.com/research/entry-authorisations/",
  "version": "2026-10-16",
  "created": "2026-10-16",
  "licenses": [
    {
      "name": "CC-BY-4.0",
      "path": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
      "title": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0"
    }
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "title": "TravelShifu",
      "path": "https://travelshifu.com",
      "role": "publisher"
    }
  ],
  "resources": [
    {
      "name": "entry-authorisations",
      "path": "entry-authorisations.csv",
      "format": "csv",
      "mediatype": "text/csv",
      "encoding": "utf-8",
      "profile": "tabular-data-resource",
      "schema": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "id",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Stable TravelShifu record id (kebab-case)"
          },
          {
            "name": "scheme",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Official name of the scheme"
          },
          {
            "name": "country",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Country or region the scheme covers"
          },
          {
            "name": "type",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "arrival-card / eta / e-visa / border-registration"
          },
          {
            "name": "status",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "operating / not-yet-operating on the check date"
          },
          {
            "name": "who_needs_it",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Who needs it, in TravelShifu wording; deliberately broad — check the official eligibility tool for your passport"
          },
          {
            "name": "cost_as_published",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Fee as published on the official site, with currency; not converted"
          },
          {
            "name": "when_to_apply",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "When to apply, as published"
          },
          {
            "name": "validity",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Validity and permitted stay, as published"
          },
          {
            "name": "apply_url",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Official government application or information page"
          },
          {
            "name": "source_url",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Official page the values were read from"
          },
          {
            "name": "checked",
            "type": "date",
            "description": "Date the official page was read"
          },
          {
            "name": "notes",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dated change in 2025–2026; empty when none"
          },
          {
            "name": "travelshifu_guide",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Related TravelShifu guide; empty when none"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}