{"id":408208,"date":"2025-09-08T16:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408208\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:21:13","slug":"uk-travellers-face-mandatory-fingerprint-registration-at-new-eu-border-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408208\/","title":{"rendered":"UK travellers face mandatory fingerprint registration at new EU border checks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> 8 September 2025, 16:45  | Updated: 8 September 2025, 16:45 <\/p>\n<p> 8 September 2025, 16:45  | Updated: 8 September 2025, 16:45 <\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Immigration and passport control, Terminal 2, Heathrow Airport.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"752658\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/752658\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Immigration and passport control, Terminal 2, Heathrow Airport.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-immigratio-75166248.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">UK travellers will face new EU border checks from next month, including fingerprint checks on arrival at most foreign airports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Messages about the Entry Exit System (EES) will be published across the Government&#8217;s social media channels, by transport operators and on travel websites, the Home Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">EES, which will be introduced on October 12, will involve people from non-EU countries &#8211; such as the UK &#8211; having their fingerprints registered and photograph taken to enter the EU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">All children must register, though under-12s will be exempt from fingerprinting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">For most UK travellers this will be done on arrival at foreign airports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/article\/uk-suspend-visas-agree-migrant-returns-5HjdCj2_2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>UK could suspend visas from countries that don&#8217;t &#8216;play ball&#8217; by agreeing to returns migrants deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A JCarrion lorry entering the check-in point at Port of Dover.\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"752659\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/752659\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    A JCarrion lorry entering the check-in point at Port of Dover.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-a-jcarrion-486167745.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">But those travelling via international services from St Pancras station, the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel&#8217;s Folkestone terminal will complete the checks in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">There have been concerns this will lead to delays, although Eurostar has pledged EES will cause no queues at St Pancras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">A Government spokesperson said: &#8220;While EES checks will be a significant change to the EU border, we are in constant and close dialogue with our European partners to try and minimise the impact on the British public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;While we have done everything we can to ensure the required infrastructure is in place, anyone who is planning a trip to the European mainland once these checks are introduced will still need to allow more time for their journey as the new EU systems bed in.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"8 September 2025, 16:45 | Updated: 8 September 2025, 16:45 8 September 2025, 16:45 | Updated: 8 September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187],"class_list":{"0":"post-408208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115169596889972609","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408208","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=408208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}