The Brief

If you have travel plans in Europe, you’ll now have your biometric data collected at border crossings. The new European Union Entry/Exit System (EES) is now operational in the Schengen Area, a zone of 29 European countries who have common entry/exit requirements and security measures at their external borders.

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EES is an automated IT system that registers short stay travel, up to 90 days within any 180-day period, of non-European Union (EU) nationals each time they cross the external borders of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switze

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