NEWS FLASH
Passport holders from countries of the former Yugoslavia that are not part of the European Union will no longer have their travel document stamped at the airport upon entering or leaving member states of the block that are part of the Schengen Area. Known as the Entry/Exit System (EES), information on the entry and exit to the EU will be automatically recorded through a new automated system. The new system is linked to the upcoming European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), which is expected to be implemented in November. “EES will replace the current system of manual stamping of passports, which is time-consuming, does not provide reliable data on border crossings and does not allow a systematic detection of over-stayers”, the EU Commission for Migration and Home Affairs said. The system will record specific data on travellers, including their name, fingerprints, facial image, travel document type, date and place of entry, date, and place of exit, as well as their stay period in the Schengen Area.
No more passport washing when added to Schengen black list :)
ReplyDelete"The system will record specific data on travellers, including their name, fingerprints, facial image, travel document type, date and place of entry, date, and place of exit, as well as their stay period in the Schengen Area."
ReplyDeleteJoš samo da skinemo gaće i to je to
Your passport already says all of that about you when the immigration officer scans it. This way at least you will save space in your passport if you are a frequent traveler.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is shameful here exactly? This will be tremendous for me because my passport is chock full of stamps which starts to become a problem for me because I need to cross the EU/Schengen border 20+ times per year and every once in a while I get stuck at control since it's becoming more and more complicated for the border police to calculate how many days I have remaining in the Schengen Area. The entry system can't come soon enough for me and I'm sure there are other folks from ex YU who will benefit from it as well.
DeleteI was shocked when I saw the border police doing mental calculations to see how long I can stay. Going stamp by stamp, flipping pages, looking for them. Like what is the point of Schengen is entry/exit details are not shared between the countries.
DeleteDo you thing that prostitutes from Brussels can do anything correct? Whole EU is a big scum.
DeleteGreat news for frequent travellers, bad news for black market workers overstaying their 90-day limit.
ReplyDeleteThis has been implemented in the U.S. as well. I support this change. Sometimes (especially at the airport on Greek islands, Italy, etc.), the stamp ink is so bland that you cannot even read when you entered/exited a country.
ReplyDeleteSame with the US.
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