The EES (EU Entry/Exit System) will now go live on 12 October, 2025, having been postponed on multiple occasions prior. While important news, it is only when the ETIAS visa waiver system is introduced (expected in 2026) that motorhomers travelling to Europe need to take action. The system was originally planned for 2022; however, it was then delayed to May 2023, later in 2023, and then pushed to 2024. The European Union now say the system will officially go live on 12 October. The EES is a new digital border system for registering non-EU nationals for short stays. The EES will register the arrival and departure dates of non-EU nationals travelling for up to 90 days in any 180-day period. It will replace the current process of stamping passports with biometric data such as fingerprints and facial scans. The EES will impact travellers who are not citizens of EU member states and UK citizens who will need to hold a valid ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) travel authorisation. Both visa holders and visa-exempt travellers will also be registered in the EES. The EU says the EES will have many benefits. Firstly, the experience for travellers will be improved as the EU’s external borders are modernised. It also says security will be improved as overstayers will be identified on more reliable data entries, and improved border checks with the use of electronic records and biometric data. The system will apply to non-EU nationals who need a short-stay visa to travel to European countries using the EES and those who do not need a visa to travel for a short stay in the European countries using the EES. Passports will only be stamped manually in Cyprus and Ireland, despite both countries being part of the European Union.
The EES (EU Entry/Exit System) will now go live on 12 October, 2025, having been postponed on multiple occasions prior. While important news, it is only when the ETIAS visa waiver system is introduced (expected in 2026) that motorhomers travelling to Europe need to take action.
The system was originally planned for 2022; however, it was then delayed to May 2023, later in 2023, and then pushed to 2024. The European Union now say the system will officially go live on 12 October.
The EES is a new digital border system for registering non-EU nationals for short stays. The EES will register the arrival and departure dates of non-EU nationals travelling for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
It will replace the current process of stamping passports with biometric data such as fingerprints and facial scans. The EES will impact travellers who are not citizens of EU member states and UK citizens who will need to hold a valid ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorisation System) travel authorisation.
Both visa holders and visa-exempt travellers will also be registered in the EES.
The EU says the EES will have many benefits. Firstly, the experience for travellers will be improved as the EU’s external borders are modernised. It also says security will be improved as overstayers will be identified on more reliable data entries, and improved border checks with the use of electronic records and biometric data.
The system will apply to non-EU nationals who need a short-stay visa to travel to European countries using the EES and those who do not need a visa to travel for a short stay in the European countries using the EES.
Passports will only be stamped manually in Cyprus and Ireland, despite both countries being part of the European Union.




























