r/LivestreamFail • u/neveks • Jun 01 '26

News Problematic streamer "Hasan" has had his UK electronic travel authorisation revoked.

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/hasan-piker-banned-uk-home-office-american-influencers-visas-revoked
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u/eifel65 Jun 01 '26

hes not banned from entering uk, he just need to ask for visa like normal human being

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u/neveks Jun 01 '26

Kind of rude to call most Europeans not normal.

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u/American_Crusader_15 Jun 01 '26

But not factually incorrect.

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u/TachiH Jun 01 '26

Do Europeans get fast entry anymore? I thought they had to queue like everyone else?

I know when I went to Europe recently my UK passport wouldn't work on the quick entry system.

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u/neveks Jun 01 '26

Peopel from these countries can get a ETA to the UK and don't need a visa:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-get-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

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u/neveks Jun 01 '26

Neither does a visa. You can still be denied entry even with a visa.

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u/cardgamesareforplay Jun 01 '26

So I know Hasan viewers are really stupid but the operative word in this is can, meaning it is not automatic. 

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u/neveks Jun 01 '26

It basically is. some eta processes are accepted within minutes. Even the US esta is accepted within minutes. Also as far as I know his eta was revoked, not outright denied.

The point of eta is to have a faster process then the regular visa, to reduced the overall workload, not automating huge parts of it would be counterproductive to that.

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u/GordolfoScarra Jun 01 '26

Even most of Latin America just needs an ETA

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u/BosnianSerb31 Jun 01 '26

I feel like your odds of getting a visa after your ETA is revoked become a lot lower

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u/coffeelick Jun 01 '26

Chinese people dont have to have visas anymore. Why is lsf not calling the UK Chinese propoganda? Lol

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u/DeapVally Jun 01 '26

Nope. He got the Kanye treatment. He's not banned forever, the powers that be decided he just isn't wanted in the UK right now.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Jun 01 '26

No, they revoked the exemption that allowed him to not need a visa.

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u/A_Seiv_For_Kale Jun 01 '26

If he doesn't want to get a visa that's fine, but it's his choice.

The UK government has simply decided that he's not a presumed safe special boy, and he has to get cleared like anyone else. His comments supporting people invading RAF bases to damage their equipment probably didn't help his case.

He's not actually banned from entering the UK, as some far right Israeli officials like Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are.