What to Know About the E.U.’s New Entry System
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What to Know About the E.U.’s New Entry System
Passengers face long queues at passport control in Brussels Airport, Belgium, on May 20, 2026. —Dursun Aydemir—Anadolu/Getty ImagesThe European Union’s new mandatory digital entry system could complicate your “Euro Summer” plans.Twenty-nine European countries, including France, Spain, and Greece, have implemented the entry-exit system (EES) that replaces manual passport stamping with biometric checks. The system was intended to speed up immigrat…
Frankfurt Airport said the new border controls had caused delays in flight departures and other traffic disruptions.
The SEE system is not efficient and is causing inconvenience to non-European citizens arriving and departing from EU countries
The EU's newly launched Electronic Entry and Exit System (EES) was intended to replace traditional passport stamps with facial recognition and fingerprint collection to improve border clearance efficiency. However, the system's actual performance during this summer's peak travel season has driven many non-EU travelers to despair – clearance times varied wildly, sometimes smooth and sometimes taking several hours, depending entirely on luck.
The British Financial Times described the chaos in which the EU airports were loaded because of the attempt to digitize the document verification process. The problem was caused by the new EU Entry/Exit System (EU). Formally, it was supposed to centralize all data on EU and Schengen border crossings at airports, seaports and land checkpoints. It targets citizens from countries that are not part of the bloc, do not have a local VAW and plan to st…
An inquiry by the Financial Times calculated the waiting times for extra Shengen flights after the introduction of the Ees technology portals.
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