Europe’s new biometric border checks: what do non-EU travellers need to know?
Visitors arriving in any of the Schengen area’s 29 countries will have their faces and fingerprints scanned under the new entry/exit systemThe European Union is preparing to dispense with passport stamps in favour of…
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EU’s new biometric border checks are starting to go live
what that means: visitors are gonna use e-gates to scan their passport & take a picture and will no longer see a border agent
“The EES (Entry/Exit System) will gradually replace passport stamps with a digital system that records when travellers enter and exit, making border checks faster and helping staff to work more efficiently”
this applies to everyone entering the EU on a not EU passport
any interesting travel plans ontd?
