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The EU's biometric Entry/Exit System is now live, with the ETIAS travel authorisation due in late 2026. Here is what changes at the border for UK visitors.

Europe is changing how it welcomes visitors in 2026, with new biometric border checks, rising tourist taxes and a firmer line on bad behaviour. Here is a complete guide to the rules travellers need to know before they go.

Cruise holidaymakers have been left confused by the EU's new Entry/Exit System. The good news: sailings that begin and end at a port outside the Schengen area, such as a UK harbour, are generally exempt from EES checks, including day trips ashore.

The EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) began a phased rollout on 12 October 2025, replacing manual passport stamps with biometric registration for non-EU travellers. Here is what frequent business travellers need to know before their next trip to Europe.

Years in the planning and years in postponement, the EU's Entry/Exit System finally arrived in autumn 2025. Reporters tried the new fingerprint kiosks at Eurotunnel and Eurostar to see what the biometric border really involves.

From 12 October, British travellers to the European Union face a new layer of border formality as the Entry/Exit System begins its long-delayed rollout. Here is a plain-language guide to what changes, why there is so much confusion, and how ETIAS fits in.

The EU's long-delayed Entry/Exit System finally begins its phased rollout on 12 October 2025, swapping the familiar passport stamp for fingerprints, facial scans and a central digital record. Here is what travellers from the United Kingdom need to know before they pack.

With the EU's Entry/Exit System rolling out from 12 October, many travellers heading to Germany this autumn are unsure what extra scrutiny they will face. The early reality is likely to be patchy rather than dramatic.

From October 2025, British travellers face several significant changes at Europe's borders as the EU's Entry/Exit System begins. Here is what to expect at airports, ports and land crossings.

The European Union's long-delayed Entry/Exit System has begun a bumpy, phased rollout, with biometric checks already causing long queues at some borders. Here is where the rules apply, what they mean for UK travellers, and how to prepare before ETIAS arrives.