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The EU Council has adopted its position on visa-free travel for Kosovo passport holders, enabling short-term visits to the EU without visa requirements.

In early 2023, Spain's tourism industry raised concerns that the planned ETIAS fee could discourage visitors from one of its most important source markets. The warning was aimed not at a system already in force, but at a proposed travel authorisation still expected to arrive later.

The European Union is reshaping how non-EU visitors enter the bloc. New digital systems will combine biometric border checks, electronic travel approval and a fee structure that changes the travel process significantly.

Brexit did not end travel between the UK and Europe, but it made it more restrictive, more administrative and often more expensive. British travellers now face tighter passport rules, stay limits, added border friction and fewer of the practical conveniences they once took for granted.

British travellers still enjoy visa-free short trips to much of Europe, but the rules are no longer as simple as they were before Brexit. Passport validity, the 90/180-day limit, and upcoming ETIAS and EES checks now shape every journey.

A significant step forward in regional integration: the EU Council and European Parliament have agreed to grant visa-free travel for Kosovo passport holders across the EU.

British passport holders will be required to obtain paid travel authorisation before entering the Schengen Area under new EU border rules.

The UK government is preparing a new digital border system that would require visa-free visitors to secure permission before travelling.

Europe’s Schengen Area is introducing the ETIAS visa waiver. Find out exactly who must apply, which countries are included, and how the system works before travelling.

The Council's 2018 adoption of the ETIAS regulation created the legal basis for the EU's planned pre-travel screening system. It clarified who would need an authorisation, how applications would be checked and why approval would still not guarantee entry.