Yes - the Electronic Entry/Exit system is planned to come online towards the end of the year, just as it has for the last couple of years.

This is why we see the big queues at the channel tunnel borders post Brexit. British Citizens are entiled to a maximum of 90/180 days in the EU, similar to those from the US and other places. This is checked (should be) by an officer flipping through an entire (10 year) passport to find stamps from the Schengen area, and calculate the total number of days and dates to this limit before deciding on granting entry. There is no I94 equivalent that I know of.

It's weird to me that EU does not have a centralized database. I think there is for passport biometrics, but strange not for travel...I guess it could be "hybrid" problem: some travel predates the database. But for most immigration requirements, seems it could be achieved.

EES _is_ going to be that centralized database.

Cool! I look forward to it. BTW - is fuet super tasty?

edit: I checked^0 and it says it will be operational by end of May 2023. Do you know if this is still right? on track?

^0: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen-borders-...

Even with E gates there’s then a manual stamp afterwards - at least last time I used an E gate

I have an exit stamp in my passport from two days ago when I left Schengen and returned to the USA.