US EditionDOD Personnel Traveling in Europe Will See Ongoing Rollout of New Border Check System
The electronic Entry/Exit System replaces passport stamps with biometric data to enhance border security and identify overstayers across 29 Schengen countries.
- On October 12, 2025, the European Union Entry-Exit System began enforcing digital entry and exit records for non-EU travellers across 29 Schengen countries, including Switzerland, replacing passport stamps.
- Security and identity concerns prompted EU officials to implement the system for overstayer tracking and to ensure standardisation across member states.
- Arrivals must register digitally at kiosks or counters on first entry, submitting passport scans, fingerprints and facial images accessed by border, visa and immigration authorities with three‑year data retention.
- Business groups including Logistics UK cautioned that phased rollout is essential to avoid freight disruption at Short Straits crossings, where almost 60% of UK‑EU trade travels.
- The phased rollout positions the EES to complete implementation over six months, with every entry and exit recorded in a central entry/exit database and Logistics UK urging an exemption for professional drivers under the 90 days in previous 180 rule.
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The full operation of biometric data collection is planned by April 2026 and will replace stamps on the passport. The system is in place after three years of continuous referrals. The aim: to monitor migratory flows to Europe
Here's how the Entry/Exit System will work, the new biometric identification system that will replace the stamp on the passport for non-EU travellers from 12 October
Chaos looms over EU entry points as new border checks take effect
BRUSSELS — Passengers arriving in the EU from third countries on Sunday should brace for long waits as the bloc’s new automated registration Entry/Exit System procedure goes live. “Airlines feeding into the big hubs run on tight schedules, so even a few minutes delay at border control can throw off connections,” said Montserrat Barriga, director general of the European Regions Airline Association lobby. The system will be rolled out gradually ov…
Passenger Delays Expected as New Biometric Scheme Begins Replacing Passport Stamps in Europe
Passengers at European airports, ports, and land crossings could face delays as a new fingerprint-tracking security system is introduced to replace passport stamps on Oct. 12. Operators will begin registering biometric photos and fingerprints from people leaving or arriving in Schengen-area countries at certain border crossings, as the long-delayed Entry-Exit System (EES) is rolled out over the next six months. The new system is designed to dete…
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