Approved, or your fee back
Or your fee back.
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Approved, or your fee back.
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On time, or your fee back.
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Seventy per cent under the cheapest, always.
Refunds go back the way you paid. The government's own fee belongs to the destination. Read the terms.
Every country has its own price.
Because every country charges its own fee and asks for different paperwork. Ours is 70% under the cheapest visa site, country by country. A UK ETA is the worked example.
- United Kingdom$9
- United States$15
- Canada$9
- EU ETIAS$9
- Kenya$6
- India$6
- Turkey$4
- Indonesia$4
Service fee only. What each company charges to prepare one UK ETA. The Home Office's £20 is separate, identical whoever you apply through, and we never mark it up.
Where the numbers come from. Each company's own site on 9 September 2026. VisaHQ states $59. iVisa quotes $100.99 all-in, so about $74 is theirs. Atlys charges $30 to process it, converted from its Kenya storefront at that day's rate.
Seventy per cent below the lowest. That is the rule, not an offer. It is applied to every destination separately, and every price is on the cards above. If a competitor drops, we drop to 70% under it.
Not the government. Never pretend.
Every destination on this page runs its own application site. Here they are. A service that hides them from you is not a service.
- An Opaige Inc company. Venelas is a private business, not a government agency and not affiliated with one, and it says so on every page.
- The fee comes before your passport. Ours and the government's, on separate lines, before you enter anything.
- The decision is never ours. We prepare the application and check it. The destination decides, and we tell you what it said.
Straight answers.
eVisa, ETA or ESTA?
An eVisa is a visa, issued online. An ETA is not a visa: it is permission to travel for passports that need none. The UK, Canada and the EU each run one, and ESTA is the United States' version. Search your destination above and we tell you which applies.
Are you the government?
No. Venelas is a private company owned by Opaige Inc, not a government agency, and it has no part in the decision. You can always apply direct: gov.uk/apply-eta, canada.ca, travel-europe.europa.eu, esta.cbp.dhs.gov.
How much?
It depends where you are going, because every country charges its own fee and asks for different paperwork. Per applicant: United Kingdom $9, United States $15, Canada $9, EU ETIAS $9, Kenya $6, India $6, Turkey $4, Indonesia $4. Every price is on the destination card.
Every other destination, with both of its fees, is on the fee page.
Our rule is at least 70% under the cheapest visa site for that same destination. On a UK ETA the cheapest of them is Atlys at about $30, then VisaHQ at $59, then iVisa at about $74.
The government's own fee is separate and never marked up: United Kingdom £20, United States $40, Canada CAD 7, ETIAS €20, Kenya from $30. Turkey and India set theirs by passport. Both figures are shown before you pay.
Refused?
Your Venelas fee comes back, the way you paid it. The government fee belongs to the destination and it keeps that. Read the terms.
How long does a decision take?
UK ETA: minutes for most, allow three working days. ESTA: up to 72 hours. Canada eTA: minutes for most, sometimes days. Kenya eTA: up to three business days. These are the destinations' own times, not ours, and no one can speed them up. Late because of us and your Venelas fee comes back.
When does ETIAS start?
It has not started. The EU has not fixed a date and it is expected in 2027. Until then, visa-free travellers enter the Schengen area on their passport alone. Anyone selling you an ETIAS today is selling you nothing.
I already paid a lookalike site.
Check whether an authorisation was actually issued, on the destination's own site. If it was, it may still be valid. If not, you will need to apply again. Recovering the money is between you and your card issuer.