All the travel rules for 2025 - liquid rules latest and visas to get to Europe
Share:
With the new year also comes new travel rules, and 2025 is not going to be short of them. With the introduction of the EU's new Entry/Exit system, increased tourist taxes, the European Travel Information and Authorisation, there is a lot you need to know before booking a holiday for 2025. Here is a complete run-down of all the new travel rules impacting travellers in 2025.
The new EES is an automated IT system for registering travelers from third countries, both short-stay visa holders and visa-exempt travelers, each time they cross an EU external border, and will be introduced in 2025. The new system will replace the manual method of stamping passports, "which is time consuming, does not provide reliable data on border crossings and does not allow a systematic detection of over-stayers", according to the European Commission's website.
For Brits, this will mean that those travelling to a country in the Schengen area using a UK passport will need to register their biometric details, such as fingerprints or a photo, when they first arrive. The subsequent times over the following three years you enter countries in the Schengen area you will need to provide your fingerprints and a photo at the border, when you enter and exit.
The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is an entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals travelling to any of these 30 countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
