The much-delayed Entry/Exit System will start applying to UK travellers on 12 October 2025, the EU has confirmed. The first six months will mix biometric and analogue checks before full operation on 10 April 2026, with the new ETIAS fee set to almost treble to €20.
On 18 July 2025 the European Union adopted its 18th package of sanctions against Russia after Slovakia dropped its opposition. On the same busy day in Brussels, the Commission proposed tripling the planned ETIAS travel-authorisation fee to €20.
The European Union formally adopted its 18th package of sanctions against Russia on 18 July 2025, after Slovakia dropped its objections in return for gas-supply guarantees. On the very same day, the Commission proposed almost tripling the ETIAS travel-authorisation fee to €20.
Eurostar is now letting passengers take their seats up to 30 minutes before departure at London St Pancras, a move designed to relieve overcrowding as demand soars and the station readies itself for the EU's Entry/Exit System.
Every summer, some British travellers are turned away from their flights over post-Brexit passport rules. With renewals running at about two weeks, a quick check now can save a ruined holiday later.
Brexit stripped British citizens of automatic free movement across the EU. In response, a rising number of young Britons are tracing their family trees to reclaim a second passport and, with it, the right to live, work and travel freely in Europe.
Post-Brexit passport rules catch out thousands of British travellers every year. This guide explains the 10-year and three-month rules, how to use dual nationality wisely, and what the EU's new Entry/Exit System will change.
The UK government says its post-Brexit reset deal will let British holidaymakers use more e-gates in Europe and avoid long border queues. The reality is more complicated, and being able to use an e-gate is not the same as rejoining the fast-track lane.
Despite a headline e-gates agreement at the EU-UK summit, British travellers were told they would face passport-stamping queues in the EU until at least October 2025, with access phased in over six months. Here is what the deal actually delivered.
New digital border checks affecting millions of travellers to and from Europe are now expected in October 2025, according to the European Commission. Here is what the Entry/Exit System will mean in practice.