EU Visitors Will No Longer Get Passport Stamps: Here's Why

EU travel rules: Everything Britons need to know about the new EES rolling out this weekend

Britons need to take note if visiting Europe from this weekend as new border travel rules roll out.The EU's new Entry/Exit Systems (EES) will come into effect on October 12 and aims to make border checks more efficient and improve security within the EU. Non-EU visitors to the Schengen area - like those with a British passport - will no longer get a stamp on their passports. Instead, they will be registered by an automated IT system. Britons wil…

EU visitors will no longer get passport stamps: Here's why

Passport stamps will soon be a thing of the past for 29 countries in the EU, with the implementation of the new digital Entry/Exit System.

Strike threat and EES: The big travel changes in Germany this autumn

From possible pilot strikes to the launch of an EU-wide passport checks system and train disruptions, here are the major changes you should know about if you're travelling in, to or from Germany this autumn.

EES: When will the EU’s new border checks be enforced for travel to Italy?

As the EU prepares to launch its new Entry/Exit System (EES), when and where should people travelling to Italy expect to encounter the biometric passport control scheme?

EU to launch digital Entry/Exit System for short-stay visas from October 12

The EU will implement the digital EES to record short-stay visa travel across the Schengen Area, replacing passport stamps with biometric data.

Goodbye to passport stamps—from October 2025, Europe will replace them with biometric checks, and your travel log will never be the same again

Say goodbye to passport stamps. For many years, many travelers have enjoyed the moment when a border officer stamped their passport: that noise, that little