According to The Times, UK airports are planning smart eGates with advanced facial recognition that could one day let passengers cross the border without ever showing a passport. Here is what is reportedly being considered and how it fits with the EU's new EES.
As of late 2023, the EU's new digital border system was earmarked to start in autumn 2024, requiring British travellers to give fingerprints and a facial scan on their first trip. Here is what the change was expected to involve.
South America never built the dense rail networks of Europe or Asia, but a handful of surviving lines still offer some of the most memorable journeys on the continent. Here is where the trains still run, and how to weave them into a longer trip.
Meeting in Luxembourg on 19-20 October 2023, EU ministers weighed the internal-security implications of the Middle East crisis alongside the migration pact talks and endorsed a new timetable for Europe's digital border systems.
The EU's facial-scan Entry/Exit System was expected in late 2024, with one UK report pointing to a 6 October start. Here is what the system involves, who it applies to and how it links to ETIAS.
British travellers will not need an ETIAS "eurovisa" to visit the European Union until 2025 at the earliest, after the EU tied the permit to its delayed Entry/Exit System. With a likely soft launch, some Britons may not need an ETIAS for another two years.
Holding an approved ETIAS is only part of the picture. To actually cross the external border, visa-free travellers must still meet a set of entry conditions that border guards verify on arrival. Here is what those checks involve.
Once ETIAS launches, visa-exempt travellers will need an authorisation before their trip. But a successful application does not, on its own, guarantee that you will be let into Europe.
Americans planning a European trip will soon need more than a passport. The ETIAS travel authorisation will apply to US nationals and dozens of other visa-exempt travellers. Here is how to apply, what it asks for, and how long the authorisation lasts.
With misinformation circulating about ETIAS, it is worth being clear: the application asks for standard personal and travel details, but no health data and no biometrics such as fingerprints.