{"id":876704,"date":"2026-04-06T22:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/876704\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:40:19","slug":"new-eu-travel-rules-fully-launch-this-week-are-airports-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/876704\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU Travel Rules Fully Launch This Week. Are Airports Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New entry requirements from the European Union have prompted lengthy wait times for international visitors. Trade groups warn that a full implementation, set to start later this week, could make lines even longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The European Union is set to fully launch its new \u201cEntry\/Exit System\u201d (EES) by April 10 after kickstarting a gradual rollout across the 29-member Schengen area in October. Under the new border control system: <\/p>\n<p>Travelers from outside the EU visiting for up to 90 days must provide fingerprints and facial image upon entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other personal information is also required upon entry, including data from travel documents, the dates and locations for each entry and exit, and information on whether a traveler has been refused entry.<\/p>\n<p>Member states will no longer stamp p                                                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New entry requirements from the European Union have prompted lengthy wait times for international visitors. Trade groups warn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699,20157],"class_list":["post-876704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-union","tag-passports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116360172734850511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876704","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=876704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}