On Saturday, UK media reported that UK nationals might have to apply online and pay for European Union travel after the withdrawal from the bloc in compliance with the European Union plans to present a visa waiver scheme similar to the U.S. system.
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Britain’s immigration minister says United Kingdom citizens may have to pay for visas to visit European Union nations after the country leaves the bloc.
“I think they would be surprised”.
“I don’t think it’s particularly desirable, but we don’t rule it out because we have to be allowed a free hand to get the best negotiation”, she said, speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.
She said her department was considering the alternative of requiring European Union migrants to have work permits.
“It doesn’t mean that we are going to discuss our future relations with the U.K.in Bratislava, because for this – and especially for the start of the negotiations – we need the formal notification, I mean triggering Article 50”, Tusk said, according to the Guardian.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: “Theresa May has said ending freedom of movement was her priority, but presumably this was not what she had in mind”.
That requires visitors to the USA from countries that do not require full visas to apply online for permission to travel, preferably 72 hours before they leave and pay $14 (£10.50).
‘This will have to be part of the Brexit talks.
Brexit secretary David Davis has underlined the need to “take control” of Britain’s borders and to control immigration, but he has also said that both the United Kingdom and Ireland want to keep an open border in respect of Northern Ireland.
Ms Rudd said it was a “given” people voted Leave to reduce immigration.
Visitors from outside the European Union would have to apply online and pay a fee before travelling.
The Conservative government came under attack from Labour’s shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, who said this potential outcome is “yet another example of the drift and confusion as a result of the government’s failure to plan for Brexit”.
“The Home Secretary’s words will not have reassured ordinarily families about the cost of Brexit”.
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Der Spiegel news magazine reported that the looming “loss of the second-largest net contributor” – Britain – would mean Germany’s share of the EU’s gross domestic product would increase to 25 percent from 21 percent now.
