The European Union is launching its new Entry/Exit Scheme later this year
UK tourists have been warned of a major change which will affect them when visiting 29 countries in Europe from November. British travellers will need to provide fingerprints and a photo when they enter the Schengen area under the EU’s new Entry/Exit System .
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated its travel guidance today, September 5, for the 29 countries affected, ahead of the expected rollout in November. An exact launch date of the scheme has yet to be confirmed by the EU. The EES is designed to replace passport stamping and will require most citizens of countries outside the EU to create a digital record, which involves registering their fingerprints and photo when they enter the Schengen area. It will apply to those travelling to the Schengen area which encompasses all EU countries, except from Cyprus and Ireland. It also includes the non-EU States Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
If British travellers decide to visit a country in the Schengen area again within a three-year period of creating their digital record, they will only need to provide either their fingerprint or photograph at the border on entry and exit. At some ports in the South of England , EES will be carried out before departure.The aim of the new system is to ‘bolster border security for both the EU and their neighbouring countries.
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