NEWS FLASH
Croatia’s three busiest airports - Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik - introduced Automated Border Control (ABC) gates this month, enabling self-service passport checks to speed up the process of entering and leaving the country. These gates allow eligible citizens and residents from the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to scan their biometric passport or ID, have their face automatically verified by a camera and pass through. Each airport has multiple gates for both arrivals and departures, helping reduce queues and improve passenger flow. Alongside them, airports have also installed new Entry/Exit System (EES) machines, which register travellers from non-EU countries by recording their passport details, fingerprints and facial image, after which they can proceed to passport control booths, where the same process can be completed if it has not been done at the pre-registration kiosks. This registration is generally required only once, meaning that passengers who have entered and left any EU state on or after April 10 typically do not need to repeat the procedure on subsequent trips.
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Huh? They didn't have this already? EU airports had them for years now.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. The real benchmark for these systems will be the upcoming summer season, so brace yourselves. I keep reading about Greece planning to suspend EES during the summer, basically admitting failure in advance, so this is Croatia's chance to shine.
DeleteThis got introduced into eu a few weeks ago
DeleteThe system itself is a decade-long failure that should have been put out of its misery and not deployed. And this is just one half of the fiasco, ETIAS is coming this winter.
DeleteExactly. Both EES and ETIAS were postponed a million times so far and even now when EES is supposed to be fully operational, there are countries saying they seriously contemplate temporary suspension during the peak summer months. Doesn't look good overall, and apparently the fear of the loss of revenue from tourism is real, contrary to what people were writing here a few months ago. My popcorn is ready.
DeleteThanks but NO! No need for this Eu hassle ...
ReplyDeleteSo dont visit it. Simple as. Your loss
DeleteHow did Croatian minister (in the photo) fare trying to pass through one of these the other day 😅.
ReplyDelete(Yes he did try to enter with hid diplomatic passport but still it was funny)
Ti nasi svi ministri nisu bas poznati po nekom umecu, to su sve lauferi uglavnom pa zato gafova ne sve strane koliko hocete.
DeleteWHY EU CITIZENS HAS TO PASS LIKE THIS, I THOUGHT NO CONTROLS IN CROATIA FOR THEM.
DeleteIf they arrive from say Doha, Dubai, London, Dublin, Seoul, Toronto etc they still need to pass, just like in any other eu and Schengen member state
DeleteBravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteMožeš ta mu.a prodavat pod bubrege na sastancima Središnjice, ovdje ti ne prolazi jer je ovo avioportal a svima je jasno da je avijacija/zrakoplovstvo u HR total failure, od flag carriera koji dično lizoguzno stijeg pronosi u Minkenu i Vrankvurtu, preko promašene koncesije u Zagrebu do smijurije i tuge od PSO. Pa je svima jasno da bi se trebao pokrit ušima i šutit, ali ok, ako i dalje želiš radit budalu od sebe, dozvoljeno je, neka se ljudi smiju, nek je veselo 😀
DeleteNew era begins!
ReplyDeleteDo the EU passports still have to get stamped after using the egates? I know it's the case in some EU countries. Wondering if it's the same in Croatia.
ReplyDeleteEU passports have never been stamped by EU/Schengen member states. I'm wondering though if stamps for non-EU passports are continuing now after April 10th (bracing for the collapse of the system this summer)?
DeleteThey are not unless the system is suspended. Btw kudos to Spain to doing it the right way. EGates for almost everyone, more than enough machines for registration, the way it should be done.
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