The EES/ETIAS experience thread!

2H76

2H76

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Already reading nightmare stories that this summer Brits and other non EU's will face 4 - 6 hr long queues to get their EES sorted going through immigration at EU airports.

With Ibiza being (a) small and (b) having large numbers of flights from the UK it's going to be interesting just how well or badly the airport copes. My next scheduled visit is at the end of September so hopefully quiet!

So can I have your experiences this year whether good/bad/indifferent? I also understand that these EES controls may well be relaxed at busy times to get passengers through. There's not much room at Ibiza (as opposed to, say Malaga) and if it's overflowing that means leaving us on the tarmac, bus, plane or even a diversion if it's so busy it can't land?
 
since ees started to be rolled out in october i've been through ibiza where it wasn't operational, vienna the same, and last week in madeira where it was. it took about 10 minutes in the queue from a full uk flight to register on arrival, and about 15 minutes when departing when 3 uk bound flights were all leaving around the same time. interestingly, on arrival, none of the machines with the screens were working so we all went through the fingerprint and photo routine at the booths with the border guards.
 
stephen said:
since ees started to be rolled out in october i've been through ibiza where it wasn't operational, vienna the same, and last week in madeira where it was. it took about 10 minutes in the queue from a full uk flight to register on arrival, and about 15 minutes when departing when 3 uk bound flights were all leaving around the same time. interestingly, on arrival, none of the machines with the screens were working so we all went through the fingerprint and photo routine at the booths with the border guards.
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What happens if it's not operational on the way in, but is on the way out - is the passport is stamped inbound but not out? It is possible to arrive at an airport which EES happens, but leave from one that isn't (maybe Barcelona/Ibiza)?

IMO it should be every single port of entry and every single non eu/EEA traveller - but only when it's fully working and creates no queues. (In other words, it would never happen!!) But this piecemeal approach is fecking everyone up, tourists, airports, staff etc etc.

Also reading that the readers are slow and out-of-date already (bit like using Windows 95!) so if they can't be speeded up will the whole thing be an expensive flop?
 
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Terrible and not the worst. Solo travellers like myself (especially the elderly) may have to take and emergency something to pee in inside our pants and a portable seat! Not joking either - if you laeve the queue you just hope the peeps around will let you back in.

At least there should be other solo's where you can come to an agreement to allow loo and drinks breaks and still retain your place!
 
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