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New requirements to travel to Europe
  • 11 February 2025

To whom does the EES not apply?

Entry/Exit System is currently not in operation. It is due to start later in 2025.
The European Union will inform about the start of the EES several months prior to its launch.

The EES does not apply to:

- Nationals of the European countries using the EES, as well as Cyprus and Ireland

- Non-EU nationals who hold a residence card and are immediately related to an EU national

- Non-EU nationals who hold a residence card or a residence permit and are immediately related to a non-EU national who can travel throughout Europe like an EU citizen

- Non-EU nationals travelling to Europe as part of an intra-corporate transfer or for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au-pairing

- Holders of residence permits and long-stay visas

- Nationals of Andorra, Monaco and San Marino and holders of a passport issued by the Vatican City State or the Holy See

- People exempt from border checks or who have been granted certain privileges with respect to border checks (such as heads of state, cross-border workers, etc.)

- People not required to cross external borders solely at border crossing points and during fixed opening hours

- People holding a valid local border traffic permit

- Crew members of passenger and goods trains on international connecting journeys

- People holding a valid Facilitated Rail Transit Document or valid Facilitated Transit Document, provided they travel by train and do not disembark anywhere within the territory of an EU Member State

Legal base: Article 2(3) of Regulation(EU) 2017/2226

 

Find out the difference between EES and ETIAS