Australians travelling to Europe could face longer queues at the border amid a new registration system for non-EU nationals that will begin at the end of this week.

From October 12, non-EU nationals who enter a European zone of 29 countries, known as the Schengen Zone, will have to register as part of a new digital border management system.

How is this likely to impact you?

What is the Schengen Zone?

The Schengen Zone is made up of 29 countries - most of which are located in the EU - that allow travellers to move freely between other Schengen countries without going through border controls or getting a visa for each country.

The non-EU countries part of Schengen are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Notably, the United Kingdom, which left the EU in 2020, is not part of

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