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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.

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

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

Why many Americans and Canadians are allowed to stay on for longer

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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

Updated: French passport queue rules not being applied consistently

EES checks paused? European Commission responds to media reports

Which passport lane should French residency card holders use upon arrival?

Ryanair calls on French government to suspend EES

Greece exempts Britons from EES biometric registration: will France follow suit?

We missed Paris flight due to EES despite arriving early to airport

EES kiosk

EES deadline is today: is France ready for full border checks?

EES: Lack of equipment stalls checks for cross-Channel travellers