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EES Biometric Data Collection

The EES records name, travel-document data, a facial image, and fingerprints for non-EU nationals on short stays and logs entry and exit dates and places.

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Feb 5, 2026

Which Schengen ports and airports currently exempt cruise passengers from EES and under what conditions?

Cruise passengers are not being exempted by individual Schengen ports by name; instead guidance and national travel advisories treat entire sailings that both start and finish outside the (for example...

Jan 27, 2026

What technical systems (cameras, fingerprint scanners, APIs) do border crossing points use to enroll travellers into EES?

Border crossing points enroll travellers into the Entry/Exit System (EES) by capturing biometric and travel-document data at frontline hardware—facial-image cameras and fingerprint scanners—plus docum...