Official e-visa, ETA and arrival card websites: the only addresses to use

How to use this table

Each row gives the address the government itself runs, the fee the government charges, and the official page we checked. We opened every source before publishing this page. Fees change, so check the official page before you pay.

Many private websites copy the look of these services. The Hong Kong Consumer Council found agency sites that looked like official ones and charged several times the official fee ⁹. If the address in your browser does not match the one below, close the page.

Official addresses and fees for 20 schemes

Where a fee depends on your nationality, the official site shows your fee before you pay. Where we could not confirm a fee from an official page, the table says so.

Arrival cards are free

Digital arrival cards are not visas. They replace the paper card you once filled in on the plane. The governments in this table that run them say they cost nothing.

Thailand's tourism ministry says TDAC registration is “completely free of charge” and can only be done on the Immigration Bureau site ⁴. Singapore's ICA says SG Arrival Card submission is free and that paid helpers are not linked to it ⁵. The Philippines eTravel site says “eTravel is FREE” ⁶.

In Malaysia, the immigration director at Kuala Lumpur airport said in November 2024 that some sites charged up to RM300 to register an MDAC, when no charge applies ²⁵. Indonesia's customs agency said filling in All Indonesia is “sepenuhnya gratis”, which means completely free ²⁷.

Fees that changed recently

The US ESTA fee rose from US$21 to US$40 on 30 September 2025 ³¹. It became US$40.27 on 1 January 2026 ³² and US$40.62 on 16 October 2026 ².

Sri Lanka made its tourist ETA free for nationals of 40 countries from 25 May 2026. Fees paid before that date are not refunded ¹⁸. South Korea extended its temporary K-ETA exemption for listed countries to 31 December 2026 ¹⁵.

The EU set the ETIAS fee at €20 instead of €7. The Commission says the new fee takes effect once ETIAS is running ⁷.

Signs you are on the right site

• The address ends in the government domain shown in the table, such as .gov.uk, .gov, .gc.ca or .go.th.
• Singapore's ICA says its official addresses always contain “.ica.gov.sg” ²⁶.
• Indonesia's immigration service says official government sites end in .go.id ⁸.
• The price matches the official fee above. A higher price usually means a middleman.
• The site does not promise faster approval. GOV.UK says you cannot get a faster ETA decision through another website or app ¹⁰.