Portugal becomes 2nd country to adopt EES app as deadline for full rollout approaches
Portugal will allow third-country travelers to pre-register for the EU’s biometric border scheme, the Entry-Exit System (EES), through an app…
Travel to Europe
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Major air travel organizations urge EU to allow EES suspensions
The Entry-Exit System could lead to serious travel disruptions during the peak tourist season, including queues lasting four hours or…
Frontex lays groundwork for full rollout of new EU border management systems
The massive digital shift happening across sectors is also complicating border crossing. The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) and ETIAS introduce…
Brussels endorses Digital Travel Credentials, EU MEPs push for faster rollout
EU lawmakers have endorsed plans for a digital pre‑authorization system aimed at cutting long queues at the bloc’s external borders…
Zurich Airport rolls out EES biometric border control with secunet
Zurich Airport is the latest Schengen border to implement the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES), launching the biometric border control…
France alters process at EES biometric kiosks in UK to speed up registrations
The Entry-Exit System (EES) kiosks at London’s St Pancras railway station have temporarily removed certain questions in order to speed…
EU’s EES launched with slowdowns and rule violations
Two minutes and 26 seconds — this was the time it took English travel journalist Simon Calder to register for…
Self-serve biometric kiosks for EES launch at Britain ports
The European Union’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) is set to roll out this October, introducing biometric border checks for all…
EES pre-registration app to roll out in Sweden this year
EU border agency Frontex has announced that the mobile application developed to ease Entry-Exit System (EES) border checks will go…
EES app implementation is running late, says Port of Dover
A biometric-based app developed by Frontex to speed up border crossings under the European Union’s upcoming Entry-Exit System (EES) is…
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