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EU Entry/Exit System

The EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) began phased rollout on 12 October 2025 and will be fully deployed by April 2026; it records non‑EU travellers’ fingerprints, facial images, passport data and entry/exit dates and retains most records for three years.

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Jan 10, 2026
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Which countries will accept digital ID instead of passports for entry in 2026?

No country in the available reporting is documented to accept a consumer digital ID wallet in place of a passport for international border entry in 2026; instead the clearest near-term change is an EU...

Jan 21, 2026

Have the EU stopped visas for America

No — the has not “stopped visas for America” in the sense of imposing routine visas on citizens; short-term visa-free travel to the remains in place for now, but the EU is introducing a mandatory elec...

Jan 6, 2026

Which countries now allow entry with visual passport checks instead of biometric capture, and what are the practical tradeoffs?

Border control is in transition: an expanding set of hubs and blocs now require or default to biometric capture at entry (notably the EU’s Entry/Exit System and airport rollouts in Singapore and Dubai...

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