{"id":490830,"date":"2025-10-11T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490830\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:12:13","slug":"traveling-to-europe-know-about-biometric-border-checks-beginning-october-12-what-is-changing-at-eu-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490830\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling to Europe? Know about biometric border checks beginning October 12 &#8211; What is changing at EU borders?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EES rollout will be followed by another system \u2014 the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) \u2014 expected to begin in late 2026. Once operational, visitors from visa-exempt countries will need to apply online for travel authorisation, provide personal and trip details, and pay a \u20ac20 fee before travelling.<\/p>\n<p>An ETIAS approval will be valid for three years or until the traveller\u2019s passport expires, whichever comes first. The system mirrors other international pre-travel authorisation programs like the U.S. ESTA.<\/p>\n<p>Together, EES and ETIAS mark a significant transformation in how the EU manages its external borders. They signal a shift toward digital, pre-authorised, and biometric-based travel verification, designed to enhance both security and efficiency for millions of non-EU travellers in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EES rollout will be followed by another system \u2014 the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[161866,2000,161867,299,5187,1699,161868,25078,44604],"class_list":{"0":"post-490830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-border-check","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-eu-ees","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-non-eu-citizens","15":"tag-schengen","16":"tag-schengen-visa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115355238705693427","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490830","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=490830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}