This week’s headlines seemed scary to those of us worried about bureaucracy when travelling. “UK citizens travelling to the EU next summer will have to pay a €7 visa waiver fee,” they read. Let me explain to you the latest state of the post-Brexit bureaucratic chaos, starting from this very title. Myth 1: “British citizens… Read More »
Under current plans in Brussels, Britons travelling to the European Union and the wider Schengen Area will need to apply for permission to visit online in advance from November 2025. EU officials have confirmed that the much-delayed “entry-exit system” will come into force on November 10, 2024. From then on, every UK traveller entering the… Read More »
EU plans to impose stricter post-Brexit checks on holidaymakers entering Europe from the UK have been delayed again, with the final plans watered down amid concerns about long queues at border gates. The new approach relaxes biometric rules, which are a key element of the entry-exit system, where officials must take fingerprints and photographs of… Read More »
Traveling by road just got a lot more comfortable but a little less romantic – Getty Unlike many revolutions that have redefined the landscape, this one began with the stroke of a pen and a series of firm handshakes, rather than the shouting of slogans, the crashing of prison walls, the roar of bulldozers or… Read More »
British passport holders now need to have their travel documents examined and stamped after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union and the government negotiated for British travelers to become “third country nationals subject to a range of restrictions”. The next steps, likely to be implemented in the fall of 2024, will involve… Read More »