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Entry/Exit System

Stay up to date with the latest news and official updates on the EU’s new electronic border check systems – the Entry/Exit System (EES) and Etias. Connexion subscribers can access our full EES and Etias help guide for free.

Woman using an automated EES Entry/Exit System kiosk with a touchscreen.

How can I check my French EES days?

EES kiosks

French airports ‘worried’ about busy holiday periods as EES kiosks still not ready

Ryanair asks for flexible rules to continue until April

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Travellers wait in a queue with luggage inside a Paris airport terminal.

Can I enter France before my visa starts and if so must I register for EES?

Travellers queue at Aegean Airlines check-in desks in Thessaloniki airport terminal.

Delay forecast for EU travel authorisation scheme after website changes

Woman using an automated EES Entry/Exit System kiosk with a touchscreen.

Could the EU 'pause' full EES rollout in September?

Older Britons struggle with EES due to faded fingerprints

France-UK travel: EES biometrics still on hold for cars at Dover and Eurotunnel LeShuttle

EES: New data on EU entry refusals and extension of stay beyond 90 days

EES: EU commits to stepping up efforts to reduce delays

ETIAS, EU electronic visa-waiver, could be delayed until 2027

Crowds of travellers queue inside a Paris airport passport control area beneath overhead signs.

Lack of e-gates adds to EES ‘shambles’ in France

Dover’s biometric EES kiosks likely to stay shut over summer for UK-France trips

Border checks at Charles de Gaulle airport

Passport not stamped upon leaving France and no biometrics taken: should I be worried?

Travellers pass through airport automated passport border control e-gates in a terminal.

EES: Six-hour delays possible at EU borders, warns airline body

150 miss Toulouse to London flight due to airport queues

EES kiosk

French border checks: what is changing over the next few months?

Two travellers with luggage pass through an airport security Parafe gate marked 12.

Britons and Americans living in France can use PARAFE e-gates again, government confirms

Dover ferry delays: Bank holiday queues grow as Entry-Exit System slows crossings to France

EES flags nearly 7,000 Schengen overstayers since launch