{"id":66426,"date":"2025-10-12T12:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T11:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=66426"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:28:15","slug":"new-eu-ees-entry-exit-system-starts-today-we-attempt-to-check-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/10\/12\/new-eu-ees-entry-exit-system-starts-today-we-attempt-to-check-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU EES (Entry \/ Exit System) Starts Today – We attempt to check it out!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The much delayed EU EES (Entry \/ Exit System) starts today with a “soft launch” (it can be suspended if there are issues ) and is designed to track access of non-EU citizens access to the 29 countries in the Shengen area. Ultimately it will make travel easier and enhance security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An initial one-off registration is required with photographs and finger prints taken, either at an automated kiosk or by Border Control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns about travel delays have been widespread, so we’re travelling from the UK to EU on it’s first day to see what happens (if anything, as full implementation is not required until 26 April 2026). England are also playing in Riga, Latvia for the first time ever on Tuesday so it seemed a good idea at the time. La Tania does Football<\/a> (and yes, we’ll all be heading to USA26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mobile phone App to do self registration prior to travelling has been developed by the EU but this has also been delayed and will not be available for the launch date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passports will continue to be stamped until the full implementation by April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the port of Dover and Eurostar \/ Le Shuttle have announced their timetables for their usage by French Border Control, the rest of the EU implemetation has not been revealed. Quite why a simple database recording passport and biometrics has taken nearly 10 years to implement is beyond us – something a teenager could knock up in an afternoon with a cloud service providing all the relevant security and resilience, think about the data Google, Meta etc handle! EU bureaucracy no doubt…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exemptions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

There are many exemptions including…<\/p>\n\n\n\n