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Starting from next year, students coming from visa-free countries will need to comply with new travel requirements when joining a study programme in Europe.
The ripples of change in European travel requirements brought by ETIAS do not stop at travellers. Find out what role international airlines, sea and coach operators will have.
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As of mid-2025 the rules for visa-free travel to Europe will change for travellers coming from approximately 60 countries and territories. Find out below what the first year of ETIAS will look like in practice.
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After ETIAS is launched, if you come from any of the visa-exempt countries, you will be required to apply for an electronic travel authorisation before starting your trip. However, a successful application alone will not guarantee that you will be allowed to enter the European countries requiring...
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Once ETIAS is launched, visa-exempt travellers will be required to apply for the travel authorisation online to enter most European countries. In view of the growing misinformation related to the type of data applicants will need to provide, this article provides you with the correct information.
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The European Union is preparing for the launch of two new border management initiatives: the European Travel Information and Authorisation System and the Entry/Exit Systems. How are these two systems different?
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Get ETIAS right! There are a lot of myths about the new European travel requirement - let's clarify some of them.
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The official ETIAS website is https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias. When ETIAS will be in operation information on ETIAS travel authorisation, will be best found on the official ETIAS website. The European Union does not issue authorisations nor licences to commercial intermediaries.