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The European Union has delayed the introduction of travel authorisation into the block, plus Norway, Iceland and Switzerland, for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and all other third-country visa-exempt nationals until at least 2024. The so-called ETIAS system, which was to be implemented from this November, will require nationals from non-EU countries that enjoy visa-free travel to the block to register online once every three years prior to travelling and pay a small fee. ETIAS, which will be linked to a traveller’s passport, will be valid for up to three years or until the passport expires, whichever comes first. It will involve filling up a form online and paying a seven euro fee after which authorisation should be issued within minutes. The EU has now delayed the introduction of the system until next year at the earliest, without specifying a month or date. The travel authoritarian system was initially to be introduced back in 2019 but has been constantly delayed. The EU has said ETIAS is not a visa and will impact some 1.4 billion people from over sixty countries, including passport holders from the United Kingdom, United States and Australia as well. The block maintains the system is being introduced to improve safety.
ETIAS is becoming a running joke.
ReplyDeleteNice, more stamps for me
ReplyDeleteJust if you travel by ground :)
DeleteHow?
DeleteIt's all fun and games until you have way too many stamps, then it becomes interesting and annoying at the same time. I hope they'll launch EES at least, if not ETIAS, so we can be done with the stamps once and for all.
DeleteNo more stamps in passports required when Etias starts
DeleteThe US has the similar system called ESTA.
ReplyDeleteSeems this type of registration will become standard for most developed countries.
This is a money grab, nothing else.
ReplyDeleteWhy is this such a problem to implement?
ReplyDeleteWhy would they need to implement it all?
DeleteIf not for the billions of Euros it can earn them?
With illegal immigration on the rise any system that makes it easier to identify and track the whereabouts of non E.U. citizens entering the E.U. is popular.
DeleteSo it is here to stay especially since it doesn't affect the citizens of this 30 countries who participate.
I hope it will never go live.
ReplyDeleteThis is mostly reciprocity to ESTA
ReplyDeleteSo many whiners in the comments… USA does the same for years. UK will introduce the same system soon as well. If you are too cheap to spend 7€ then just don’t travel. Simple. EU has to control its borders track all these abusers overstaying. And it will save your passport from stamps. Welcome in the XXI century.
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