The European Union will introduce their new "entry and exit" (EES) system for British travellers on October 6. The EES is an automated IT system for registering non-European Union nationals travelling for a short stay. The system will register the person's name, type of travel document, biometric data (fingerprints and captured facial images) and the date and place of entry and exit.
Some airlines have already raised their concerts. Under the new system, airlines will be required to send verification queries to the EES at least 48 hours before a scheduled departure, to find out if a traveller can board a flight.
The system will also prove vital in controlling entry and exit dates for British travellers who can only spend 180 days a year in the European Union (non residents).
According to the European Commission, the system will apply when entering 25 EU countries (all Member States apart from Cyprus and Ireland) and four non-EU countries (Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Lichtenstein) that are part of the border-free Schengen area along with most EU Member States.
The system will apply to all nationals of countries that are not in the EU or Schengen when travelling to the 29 countries operating EES for short stays. Non-EU citizens who are legally resident or have long-stay visas to live in an EU Member State will be exempt from EES.
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Richard PearsonEven the Welsh are part of the UK - or do you suggest otherwise?
Richard PearsonYour comment is just childish, and rediculous - and offensive.
You forgot to mention The Guardian and The Independent. At least they can read, unlike, if you are to be believed, the Welsh.
Olaf BachmannThese people live in a bubble of Englishness, obtain their knowledge of Britain (and the rest of the world) from the sun, mail, and express, blissfully unaware that they're slowly being left behind, which of course is nonsense since we rule(d) the world 🇬🇧 But it's entertaining to watch 😀
Olaf BachmannDon’t you mean Reich ?
Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyFind it out.
Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyHow do you manage to always overestimate your importance to other people? Are you still on this rotten "they need us more than we need them" Brexiter wreck? Here what is happening: increasing numbers of visitors from all over Europe. One record tumbling before the last. US visitors are only 2% of the guests but already represent 13% of the expenses. You're being phased out from Mallorca. Slowly being pushed by French and Italian , let alone US, more potent custom. There is your wet blanket, and now go play empire.
Sara“So do please keep visiting us as often as you like!” Does this apply to me as well ?
Olaf BachmannAnd what if the Citizen of the European Union is married to a British national? Does the British spouse take on the same rights?
kennedyWithout Brits many many Mallorcan families who work in tourism would be out of work with no prospects. The whole "Brits go home" message is only ever made by a small minority who aren't working in the tourism industry (although curiously they know family members and friends who are).