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Just days before extra red tape is imposed on British visitors to the EU, officials are predicting blockages at airports. Yet another app that will allow passengers to pre-register Entry-Exit System (EES) Not available yet.
The six-month roll-out of the entry-exit system will begin on Sunday 12 October. From that date, third country nationals, including UK passport holders, may be asked for fingerprints and facial biometrics when entering or leaving the UK. schengen area Nation.
after 2016 European Union Referendum, Brexit The Withdrawal Agreement made British travelers subject to screening.
The UK government has warned: “It may take each passenger a few extra minutes to complete EES, so be prepared to wait longer than usual at the border.”
romaniaThe frontier police has informed that Independent: “We recommend that third country nationals subject to EES procedures, particularly in the context of air travel, arrive at the airport with extra time before their scheduled international flights.”
And Swedish police’s Louis Wahlberg is warning that “there may be some queues for passengers at the beginning”.
Most tests will be carried out at the airport on arrival from the UK. A large number of kiosks have been set up to allow arriving passengers to register their details and biometrics.
Many British travelers have been asking Independent If possible pre-register to reduce time and stress at the airport.
Answer: Not yet, and – when an app is available – it will only apply to airline passengers sweden,
Frontex, the EU border and coast guard agency, has developed an app called Travel to Europe. Its purpose: to enable third-country nationals, such as the British, to “pre-register their travel document data and facial image for the Entry-Exit System (EES) before arriving at a border crossing point”.
Potential travelers can register their travel document details and facial image for the EES within 72 hours of arrival in or departure from the EU and the wider Schengen Area. Visitors can also answer their destination country’s “conditions of entry” questionnaire in advance.
Frontex says: “Voluntary EES pre-registration is one of the ways to reduce processing times at the border, benefiting both national authorities and travelers. It does not replace border control procedures but is intended to make them easier and faster.
“In addition, it makes it more comfortable for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, disabled people or children to register their travel data.”
Yet, even though Frontex made the app available to Member States to integrate into their national systems a year ago, it is still not available to passengers.
Individual Schengen countries can decide when, how and where they will deploy the app. But the only confirmed nation so far is Sweden.
Sweden Airports, which operates the country’s major international airports, will allow passengers to download travel to Europe from Sunday 12 October.
The organization says: “Airlines and tour operators are encouraged to include information about the app and the possibility of pre-registration in their communications with non-Schengen travellers.”
Independent has asked Frontex to comment on the limited use of the app.
Travelers with EU and wider Schengen Area passports or residence permits for Europe are not subject to the new biometric checks.