Not sure if this has been previously mentioned, and if so apologies in advance. Travel within the European community should theoretically be a lot easier from November 10th of this year when the EES(entry exit system) commences.
Instead of having to stamp all our Brexiter passports and check for overstays etc. etc. all that will now be needed is a quick scan of your four fingers and verification of your features, and off you pop on your merry way.
I read somewhere that in the beginning of role out and at busy airports, they may well struggle to process travelers quickly enough, as you have to first have your prints entered into the system, so they are proposing in such an instance, they will initially operate an approach of scanning around 20% of 1st arrivals.
The system has stalled a lot over the last few years but the Europeans have assured non EU members that it's now all up and running and good to go. All countries within the Schengen areas will be participating save for a few including Cyprus and Ireland. Also led to believe that Malta is experiencing a few hiccups in struggling to meet their deadlines but will have to comply if they wish to stay in the grouping.
I think its a good idea if it reduces our waiting time at passport control, but I also guess there will be some folk wary of submitting their biometrics for whatever reason. Maybe data control issues or who the EU can and cant exchange visitors data with. The EES has nothing to do with the etias travel authorization due to launch in 2025.
travel-europe.europa.eu
