Visa-free travel to France: EU agency warns over fake Etias websites Over 100 unofficial sites have been uncovered - and many peddle misinformation, steal travellers’ data or charge extortionate fees
Key step completed for France-UK travel and new EU border controls Total of 224 ‘kiosks’ being installed at UK and French tunnel borders to speed up data collection ahead of the launch of the EES system
How will new border checks affect British residents of France? The first of the new systems EES is set to start in autumn 2024 and the second Etias six months later
practical How will EES/Etias affect spouses of EU nationals in France? The EES is set to replace the current manual stamping of passports for non EU-nationals entering the bloc
What is the EU’s Etias visa waiver scheme? Britons, Americans, Canadians and Australians will be among the nationalities that will have to apply for the €7 Etias
Will over-70s need Etias travel permission to visit France? New rules for entering the EU are to be implemented, but the exact date is not yet known
New expected timeline for EU’s EES and Etias border systems Rollouts have been delayed several times
More Etias info, late planes, TGV revamp: 10 French travel updates We also look at the Mont Blanc tunnel closure, a relaunched winter ferry link to Ireland and a new flat-rate transport fare in Bordeaux
59 countries affected by new EU visa-free scheme, launch date awaited All visa-waiver countries will be subject to a €7 fee authorisation
EU confirms plans to delay its new digital border system… again It means Britons, Americans and Australians will have more time before they are required to pay €7 for a visa waiver to enter the bloc
Beware of unofficial Etias visa-waiver websites, warns EU agency Travellers - including those from the UK, US and Australia - are expected to need a €7 Etias visa waiver to enter the EU from 2024
Passports, Etias, EES: Changes to European border control in 2023 We look at how passports will be used to track non-EU residents, how the new European Entry/Exit System will work and more
Five questions on how UK’s new border scheme could impact EU tourists The new ‘contactless border’ could see EU travellers having to obtain paid authorisation to enter the UK within the next couple of years
Why the EU’s new Etias visa-waiver system has been delayed again The introduction of the €7 online application for permission to enter the EU is now not expected until 2024
What is the EU’s incoming Etias travel authorisation scheme? 9 in 10 Britons do not know about the travel authorisation scheme according to a study
Etias, EES: How will it work with mixed French-UK nationality couples? The security measures will be gradually rolled out from September and mean some non-EU citizens, including Britons, having to pay a small fee to enter the Bloc
How can the EU’s proposed Etias and EES systems not be Brexit revenge? The security measures will be gradually rolled out from September and mean some non-EU citizens, including Britons, having to pay a small fee to enter the Bloc
Will non-EU residents of France need Etias to return from trip abroad? Etias is a new ‘visa-waiver’ travel authorisation scheme for visitors to the Schengen area, set to be in force by 2023
EU’s new entry and exit systems problematic, say UK travel chiefs The Etias and EES security systems are due to be in place in 2022 and will require non-EU visitors to get authorisation to enter the Schengen area and to be electronically verified on entry and exit
UK must explain Etias to travellers to EU, says British politician Travellers from the UK to France will from 2023 need an Etias - a travel authorisation - and a member of the House of Lords in the UK fears the public does not know enough about this planned system
Etias: What is new EU €7 entry process and how might it affect you? The system is set to launch in 2023 and will apply to travellers from 59 countries, including the UK, US and Australia. We look at fee exemptions and whether people living in Schengen area countries but with non-EU passports are affected
Etias: New €7 fee to come into Schengen zone is not Brexit related Planning for this began in early 2016 and was backed by the UK, an EU member at the time. It applies to Americans and many other non-EU nationalities who have visa-free access to Schengen countries, as well as Britons
Can Britons travel in Schengen? With Brexit approaching, can Britons still travel around the Schengen area with a British passport? Can residents in France use a carte de séjour? R.C.
Second home-owners in France: questions on Brexit Residency, Visas, health cover, driving licences....
Will Brexit affect time I can spend in France? We have homes in the UK and France and enjoy being able to move between the two. As retirement approaches we would like to spend most of the year in France but will Brexit effect how much time we can spend there and will we need visas? Will it help if we apply for a carte de séjour ? B.I.
Vote Leave’s Lord Lawson applies for carte de séjour LEADING Brexit campaigner Lord Lawson, who lives in Gers, south-west France, told Connexion in 2016 that leaving the EU would not affect Britons’ fundamental rights but might mean extra paperwork... He tells Oliver Rowland he is applying for his carte de séjour (permanent residency card), which guarantees those rights
