Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains what information Visa Entry Rules collects when you use this website, how that information is used, and what choices you have.

Who we are

Visa Entry Rules is a travel information website providing guidance on entry requirements, visa rules, and passport requirements for travellers worldwide. References to “we”, “us”, or “our” throughout this policy refer to Visa Entry Rules.

Visa Entry Rules is the data controller for the information described in this policy. If you have questions about this policy, or wish to exercise any of your rights, contact us at [email protected].

What information we collect

Information you give us directly

If you contact us by email or through a form on this website, for example to submit a correction or ask a question, we collect the information you provide: your name, email address, and the content of your message. We use this only to respond to you.

If you sign up to receive email updates, we collect your email address, any name you choose to give us, and a record of your sign up, including the date and time and the wording of the consent you agreed to.

Please do not send us sensitive personal information such as health details, immigration case files, or copies of identity documents. We are an information website and we do not need this to answer your question.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, certain information is collected automatically. This includes your IP address, the type of browser and device you are using, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, and the site you came from. This information is collected in aggregate and is used to understand how the website is being used, so we can improve it.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file stored on your device that helps the website function and helps us understand how it is being used. We use the following types of cookies:

Essential cookies are required for the website to work. They cannot be switched off.

Analytics cookies help us understand which pages are visited most often and how visitors move through the site. This data is anonymised and used only to improve the website.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.

Email updates

If you ask us to, we will send you email updates about visa and entry requirements, changes to immigration rules, and services we offer or recommend.

We send these emails only to people who have specifically asked to receive them. We will never add you to our email list because you contacted us with a question, submitted a correction, or downloaded something from the site. Signing up is always a separate, deliberate choice.

Our lawful basis for sending these emails is your consent. You can withdraw that consent at any time, either by clicking the unsubscribe link at the foot of every email or by emailing [email protected]. Withdrawing consent is free and takes effect promptly, and it does not affect anything we did with your data before you withdrew it.

We keep your details on our list until you unsubscribe, or until the list has been inactive for two years, whichever comes first.

Introductions to immigration advisers

We may in future offer to introduce readers to regulated immigration advisers or solicitors, and we may be paid a fee by those firms for doing so.

We will never pass your details to any such firm unless you have asked us to. If we make this offer, we will name the specific firm at the point we ask, tell you plainly that we are paid for the introduction, and only share your details if you actively agree. You will always be free to decline and continue using this website exactly as before.

We do not sell your personal data. We do not share your details with unnamed partners, advertisers, or data brokers, and we do not build a list of your details to sell on later.

Our lawful bases

We rely on the following lawful bases under UK data protection law:

Consent, for sending you email updates, for any introduction to a named immigration adviser, and for non essential cookies.

Legitimate interests, for responding to messages you send us, for keeping the website secure, and for understanding in aggregate how the site is used. We have considered your rights and interests in each case and believe our use is limited to what you would reasonably expect.

Legal obligation, where we are required to keep or disclose information by law.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect to operate and improve the website, to respond to messages and correction submissions, to send email updates to people who have asked for them, to understand which content is most useful to visitors, and to identify and fix technical problems.

We do not use your data to build profiles or make automated decisions about you.

Third party services

We use a small number of third party services to help run the website.

Analytics: we use an analytics service to understand how the website is used. This service receives anonymised usage data including page views and general location at the country level. It does not receive personally identifying information.

Email delivery: if you sign up for email updates, your email address is stored and processed by our email delivery provider, acting on our instructions. Some providers store data outside the UK. Where that happens, we make sure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the UK addendum to the standard contractual clauses.

Hosting: the website is hosted by a third party hosting provider. They process data only as necessary to deliver the service and are bound by their own privacy obligations.

Where we share data with third parties, we do so only to the extent necessary for those services to function, and only with providers who are committed to handling data responsibly.

Data retention

If you contact us, we retain your message and contact details for as long as is reasonably necessary to resolve your query and maintain a record of the communication, typically no longer than two years.

If you subscribe to email updates, we retain your email address and consent record until you unsubscribe or the subscription has been inactive for two years. We keep a minimal suppression record after you unsubscribe, so that we do not accidentally email you again.

Anonymised analytics data is retained in aggregate form and is not linked back to individual visitors.

Your rights

You have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, to request that we correct inaccurate data, and to ask us to delete your data. You also have the right to object to how we use your data, to ask us to restrict our use of it, to receive a copy of data you gave us in a portable format, and to withdraw any consent you have given at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We will respond within one month.

If you are based in the UK or European Union, you also have the right to make a complaint to the relevant supervisory authority. In the UK, that is the Information Commissioner’s Office, at ico.org.uk. In the EU, it is the data protection authority in your country of residence.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the website after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

This policy was last updated in September 2026.