The European Commission has proposed nearly tripling the fee paid by short-stay, visa-exempt visitors to the EU, from €7 to €20. The change is designed to boost the bloc's budget and could raise an estimated €300 million a year.
The European Commission has confirmed that the ETIAS application fee will be EUR 20, up from the EUR 7 originally planned. Here is what is behind the change and what it means for visa-free travellers.
A new UK-EU agreement promises a 'fluid border' between Gibraltar and Spain, while keeping Gibraltar out of the Schengen area. Here is what it means for people crossing by land and arriving by air.
From the last quarter of 2026, visa-exempt travellers flying to Europe will need an approved ETIAS travel authorisation before departure. It is checked before boarding and again at the border, so the document and your passport must match.
EU home affairs ministers have backed a revised timeline that brings the Entry/Exit System (EES) into operation first, in October 2025, with ETIAS expected to follow in the last quarter of 2026. The phased approach gives borders and travellers time to adjust.
Every traveller crossing the external border of the Schengen area goes through security controls, but the steps differ depending on citizenship. Here is what those checks involve and how they are about to change.
The EU's ETIAS travel authorisation has been pushed back again and is now due in the last quarter of 2026, once the Entry/Exit System is fully running. A grace period means it will not be truly mandatory until 2027.
From 8 January 2025, travellers from 48 more non-European countries need a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation, bringing the total to 55 nationalities. The ETA costs £10 and is valid for two years of repeated short visits.
The UK has made its Electronic Travel Authorisation mandatory for visa-exempt travellers from dozens more countries. Here is the rollout timeline, who is affected, the cost and how the scheme works.
Over a decade the EU built a layered response to terrorism, combining new laws, better information sharing and stronger border databases. Here is how that effort developed from 2013 to today.