The EU has confirmed its €7 Esta-style visa waiver scheme Etias won’t now come into force until spring 2025 at the earliest.
The agreement would give a boost to UK travel companies (Credit: iStock)
The rollout of Etias, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, is dependent on the EU’s parallel Entry-Exit System, which will introduce biometric border checks.
However, like Etias, this has been repeatedly delayed.
Etias was signed off by the European Parliament in July 2018 and had initially been due to launch in 2021.
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