07/23/2025
Well, I posted about this on my website almost 3 years ago, hoping it would go away .......... but now it's soon in place. We do have Passports but doesn't seem to be enough for the EU Countries
The Latest Travel Advisories:
Americans And Canadians Will Soon Pay Triple To Visit Europe As EU Confirms Fee Rise For New Entry Requirement
After this summer, traveling to countries in the European Union (EU) is about to get more complicated and expensive for those in the U.S. and Canada. Europe is responding with its own entrance price hike, which is set to impact Americans and Canadians, who have typically always been able to enter any country in the EU without any fees or even a visa—that's about to change.
For a few years now, the European Union (EU) has been developing a new entry-exit system (EES) that will see stricter controls on travelers from "third" countries—a category which includes Americans and Canadians. Complementing the EES is ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System)— also dubbed the so-called "Euro-visa." ETIAS is similar to Canada's eTA (Electronic travel authorization); it's an authorization system whereby visitors from non-EU countries must apply for permission to enter any country in the EU's Schengen zone (the 29 Schengen states, plus Cyprus) before arriving. The new EES system will also require visitors from the USA and Canada to give facial scans and fingerprints as part of the entry process.
The EU's EES (and ETIAS) was set to go live in early 2025 (a significant delay already from the original planned launch date in 2024), but officials have now confirmed a new expected date of implementation, along with a steep increase in the cost of ETIAS that will now mean Americans and Canadians will soon be forced to pay triple the original
