EES (entry exit system)

[turkeyfoot]

Hi
Seems it will be delayed yet again,the latest commencement date (one of many) was to be November 2024 and when it does start it will now start with a small pilot scheme.

I assume this will also delay the introduction of ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System),which was due to start in May 2025. It was always said that ETIAS would be introduced after EES

Keep having our passports stamped for now

Geoff

 

[turkeyfoot]

A new start date has been set for the introduction of 'visas' for British travellers entering the European Union (EU).

Doug Bannister, chief executive of the Port of Dover, confirmed that the new Entry/Exit System (EES) will not be introduced until November 2025.

The EES was initially due to be implemented on November 10, 2024, however technical challenges and concerns from member states about its impact on border congestion, forced the implementation date to be pushed back.
When finally live, it will replace manual passport stamping with a digital registration process, requiring non-EU travellers, including British travellers, to provide fingerprints and facial recognition data when crossing the Schengen Area. The system will aim to streamline border security, by tracking entries and exits to the EU electronically.

The official EES website https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees_en now states:

Entry/Exit system is currently not in operation. It is due to start in 2025.

Although it has been defered several times already

So no issues for this Summer

Geoff

[turkeyfoot]

Hi

UK Government have just updated entry requirements  into Greece on their website ,which will of course apply to all EU countries, if you look at each member country requirements on the appropriate pages

They say on their update,released March 17th, EES is expected to start in Octotober 2025.

This means the ETIAS start date, which has always been 6 months after EES date, will be April 2026, although this is not refered to on this update

Geoff