Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound International Flight

Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by alibarber on Sunday April 09, 2023 @05:40AM (#35501189)

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.

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Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by graderjs on Sunday April 09, 2023 @07:04AM (#35501575)

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.

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Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by ThePowerOfFuet on Sunday April 09, 2023 @07:58AM (#35501897)

EES _is_ going to be that centralized database.

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Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by graderjs on Sunday April 09, 2023 @08:16AM (#35502017)

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-...

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