Immigration And Visa Requirements
There are no border controls when travelling within the United Kingdom including the land border with England. Scotland has the same immigration and visa requirements as the rest of the United Kingdom.
Non-EU graduates from a Scottish university may apply to remain in Scotland to live and work under the Scottish Government Fresh Talent Scheme for up to two years.
By plane
There are a growing number of European and long-haul destinations served by the five international airports in Scotland:
Aberdeen Airport
8 miles north west of the city, has direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Baku, Bergen, Copenhagen, Dublin, Esbjerg, Faro, Groningen, Kristiansand, Malaga, Murcia, Oslo, Palma, Paphos, Paris, Stavanger and Tenerife. As there are frequent direct flights from London, you can also connect to destinations worldwive via London airports such as Heathrow and Gatwick.Edinburgh Airport
10 miles west of the city, has direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Basel, Bergerac, Berlin, Billund, Bratislava, Bremen, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Dortmund, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Galway, Gdansk, Geneva, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Ibiza, Istanbul, Katowice, Kaunas, Knock, Krakow, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Mahon, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Murcia, New York, Nice, Oslo, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Poznan, Prague, Pula, Rennes, Rome, Shannon, Sharm el Sheikh, Stockholm, Tampere, Tenerife, Toronto, Toulouse, Venice, Vilnius and Zurich. You can also connect to destinations worldwide via London, with frequent direct shuttle flights from London airports.Glasgow International Airport
8 miles west of the city, has direct flights from Alicante, Amsterdam, Belfast, Berlin, Bourgas, Calgary, Copenhagen, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Dublin, Faro, Geneva, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Las Vegas, Madeira, Malta, New York Newark, Orlando, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Philadelphia, ReykjavÃk, Sharm el Sheikh, Tenerife, Toronto and Vancouver. You can also connect worldwide via London.Glasgow Prestwick International Airport
situated 30 miles south west of Glasgow, is a hub of budget airline Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com) with domestic flights to London Stansted and Bournemouth; and international flights to Brussels, Bergamo, Budapest, Cork, Dublin, Girona, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Kaunas, Milan, Murcia, Oslo Torp, Paris, Pisa, Reus, Riga, Rome, Shannon, Warsaw and Wroclaw. Be aware that there is an additional train journey of up to an hour from this airport into Glasgow city centre. Aer Arann (http://www.aerarann.ie) flys twice weekly from Donegal International Airport into Prestwick.Inverness Airport
situated 7 miles north east of the city.Dundee Airport
situated a few miles from the city centre with domestic flights to Birmingham, London & Belfst.There are many UK domestic flights operating to Scotland including:
BMI (http://www.flybmi.com) flights from London Heathrow, Manchester, Leeds-Bradford, and Norwich
BMIbaby (http://www.bmibaby.com) flights from Nottingham East Midlands.
British Airways (http://www.british-airway...) flights from London Heathrow, Gatwick and City
CityJet (http://www.cityjet.com) flights from London City.
Eastern Airways (http://www.easternairways.com) flights from Birmingham, Durham Tees Valley, Humberside, Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham East Midlands, and Southampton.
Easyjet (http://www.easyjet.com) flights from London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Bristol, and Belfast.
Flybe (http://www.flybe.com) flights from Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Jersey, Manchester, Manston-Kent, Newquay, Norwich and Southmapton.
No airport in Scotland, except Glasgow Prestwick, is connected to the rail network, meaning travellers have to use a dedicated bus service to the city centre, or take a taxi. However, a tram line is currently under construction between Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh city centre, and is expected to be operational by 2012. Passengers arriving at and departing from Prestwick may use their boarding pass to claim a 50% discount on single train tickets between the airport and any station in Scotland. (http://www.gpia.co.uk/Air...)
By bus
Bus and coach services are the cheapest way to get to Scotland from England, but are also the longest and the least comfortable. National Express (http://www.nationalexpress.com) is the main operator, with services from most major UK cities to Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station and Edinburgh Bus Station.
By car
The main road linking Scotland and England is the M74/A74 M motorway which runs from Glasgow to the English border north of Carlisle. The A1 road links Edinburgh and the North East of England; however, this road is single carriageway in some areas and not considered the best route into Scotland. Hence the place name "Scotch Corner" on the A1 where traffic heading for most Scottish destinations turn to cross the Pennine hills on the A66 to enter Scotland via the M6 and M74.