EU delays launch of ETIAS to November 2023

The introduction of the European Union’s new ETIAS journey system for non-EU guests has been pushed again by six months and is now as a consequence of launch in November 2023.

ETIAS, or the European Journey Data and Authorisation System to present the scheme its full title, was beforehand scheduled to start from May 2023. However the European Fee has confirmed on its web site that ETIAS is now “anticipated to be operational in November 2023”.

As soon as ETIAS is in place, guests aged between 18 and 70 from exterior the EU who at the moment have visa-waiver standing, together with travellers from the UK and US, must apply for an ETIAS to go to any of the 26 international locations within the Schengen Zone. 

ETIAS candidates must pay a €7 price by an official web site or app, and the EU is promising a choice inside 4 weeks, in addition to providing the correct of attraction for these travellers who’ve their purposes refused. As soon as granted, every ETIAS will probably be legitimate for 3 years or till the expiry date of the journey doc.

The system is designed to be much like the US’s well-established Digital System for Journey Authorisation (ESTA), which raised its fee from $14 to $21 earlier this year.

ETIAS has been within the planning for a number of years as a approach to enhance border safety by the pre-screening of non-EU guests, with the European Parliament giving its approval again in 2016.

The Schengen zone contains most EU nations in addition to non-members Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

BTN Europe previously analysed how the ETIAS scheme may doubtlessly value UK-based firms €40 million per 12 months.