{"id":282134,"date":"2025-07-22T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282134\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:21:09","slug":"new-border-checks-for-britons-heading-for-spain-and-mallorca-in-place-for-october-half-term-expect-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282134\/","title":{"rendered":"New border checks for Britons heading for Spain and Mallorca in place for October half term: expect delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of delays, the launch of the new Entry\/Exit System (EES) finally has a date, the roll out across the EU will begin on October 12<strong> just in time for the UK half term which starts in England on October 27.<\/strong> The Entry\/Exit System (EES) is a planned automated IT system for registering non-EU nationals crossing the external borders of the Schengen Area. It will replace the current manual passport stamping system with electronic registration of entries and exits, including biometric data and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majorcadailybulletin.com\/tag\/Travel.html?utm_source=Inline-tag&amp;utm_medium=internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> information.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout of the system will occur gradually across all external EU borders, with the full implementation expected by April 9, 2026. Travellers from non-EU countries, including the <strong>United Kingdom, will be the primary group impacted by this change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose:<\/strong><br \/>The EES aims to modernize border management, improve efficiency, combat identity fraud, enhance security, and help prevent irregular migration. <br \/><strong>How it works:<\/strong><br \/>When non-EU nationals enter or exit the Schengen Area, their data (including name, travel document type, biometric data like fingerprints and facial images, and the date and place of entry\/exit) will be recorded in the EES. <br \/><strong>Who it affects:<\/strong><br \/>The EES will apply to short-stay visa holders and visa-exempt travelers from third countries. <br \/><strong>Key changes:<\/strong><br \/>The EES will eliminate the need for manual passport stamping at borders and replace it with electronic registration. <br \/><strong>Timeline:<\/strong><br \/>The EES is scheduled to begin in October 2025, with a phased rollout over six months. <br \/><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><br \/>The EES is expected to improve border checks, streamline the travel experience, enhance security, and combat overstaying.<\/p>\n<p>But, the travel insider, Ivaylo Danailov, CEO of SkyRefund, believes that while the system could eventually streamline travel, <strong>significant delays are likely as the new system \u2018beds in\u2019 this year.<\/strong><br \/>\u201cThis doesn\u2019t affect security screening, which as a separate process can become a bottleneck in itself. So, passenger flow through security won\u2019t directly improve unless airports coordinate better pre-check and biometric systems throughout the whole journey and, as it is focused on entry\/exit at national borders, not gate boarding, unless it becomes integrated with airline systems in the future, it may not directly speed up boarding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of delays, the launch of the new Entry\/Exit System (EES) finally has a date, the roll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[52400,2834,51180,802,62133,2000,30158,299,1699,2837,2838,62134,2839,106006,104,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-282134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-airport","9":"tag-balearics","10":"tag-border-controls","11":"tag-brexit","12":"tag-british-passports","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-eu-entry-exit-system","15":"tag-europe","16":"tag-european-union","17":"tag-holiday","18":"tag-majorca","19":"tag-majorca-visa","20":"tag-mallorca","21":"tag-mallorca-entry","22":"tag-spain","23":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114896154684382049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}