Top tips for Britons travelling to Spain and the EU this year
The new ETIAS three-year visa is expected to be introduced next year, at a cost to the traveller.
Easier border control options at Palma airport.
Easier border control options at Palma airport.
Palma airport introduces facial recognition
Don’t leave your ticket and ID at home when you have to fly.
Tighter European travel controls on the horizon
The decision may also include health-related travel restrictions such as testing, quarantine and self-isolation.
Mallorca makes it easier for British arrivals
Holiday makers will not have to remove their liquids and electronics for scanning.
Staff complaints against British company that manages Palma passport control
Industrial action not being ruled out.
The green certificate is still valid.
The green certificate is still valid.
Fears of Mallorca travel chaos for Britons in 2024
UK travellers will need to be prepared for potential delays as they will need to have their fingerprints and facial images taken.
Risk of passport control meltdown at Palma airport
Further complication for arrivals from the UK.
Spaniards to face some tough questions when heading to the UK
New UK border controls to be introduced.
Stricter EU travel controls for Britons next year.
Stricter EU travel controls for Britons next year.
Balearic parliament calls for urgent reinforcement of airport controls
The Spanish government, not the Balearic government, is responsible for airport controls.
One wonders if Covid travel passports are being used to win over the doubters
One wonders if Covid travel passports are being used to win over the doubters.
Border controls between Spain and Portugal until March
Border controls between Spain and Portugal until March.
Tourism
Spanish minister says land borders to open, prompts confusion
Frontiers with France and Portugal have been shut to most people since Spain went into lockdown.
Britons changing Mallorca holiday plans because of new EU entry scheme
The majority of Britons will have to create a digital record and register their biometric details, such as providing fingerprints and having their photo taken, when they enter the Schengen area.
Britons travelling to Mallorca warned of a chaotic few months
“There may be longer queues at border control while this new system is being implemented and as people go through it for the first time."
Foreign Office updates warning over new EU visas for Britons
Officials have said that queues at borders are expected when the system starts.
Mallorcans will need a new visa to enter the UK
Europeans will be required to have an ETA for travel to the UK from 2 April 2025, with applications opening up in March.
Calls for new hotel registration scheme to be scrapped in Spain
Concerns of chaos in because of the new registration scheme.
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