The European Travel and Information and Authorisation Scheme ETIAS allows citizens from 61 countries outside the EU to visit the Schengen area with travel pre-authorisation. The EU says the UK will be part of the ETIAS from late 2022 because it is no longer a member of the bloc, meaning travellers will have to pay a €7 6 visa fee to access all 26 Schengen EU countries. This will be a one-off payment for three years and will have to be paid again once this period ends.
British travellers will need to fill out an application form, which requires them to provide biometric passport information and travel details, as well as answers to some security questions. They are advised to make this application at least 72 hours before they travel to avoid any unwanted delays. Under 18 or over 70, those under 18 and over 70 are not required to make an application. The EU has come under fierce attack from leading British Brexiteer and Ben Habib, who claimed that the rules would only serve to damage Europeans as the continent needs British tourism. Petty in the extreme. The charge of €7 will only serve to damage Europeans. READ MORE: Fishing fury as new UK-EU-Borderwater fishing deal breaches key pledges, as a result of the new UK-EU-Brexit fishing deal.
In days COMMENTS Millions will be able to pay Sunak's 55% horror pension tax and inheritance tax OPINION Putin orders 'cheating' West to play in Russia's rules VIDEO European should be welcome to spend their money here. Following months of wrangling, Britain left the EU on January 1, 2021, after an eleventh-hour post-Brexit trade deal was signed between the two sides. Britain's departure from the bloc means that Britons are being hit with EU rules that already apply to dozens of nations outside the bloc. This includes travel into the Schengen Areas, which is a zone of 26 European countries that have officially abolished all passports and other types of border control at their mutual borders. The area is mostly used as a single jurisdiction for international travel purposes, with a common visa policy.