If you’re a visitor heading to Europe for a short stay, you’ll need to sign up for the EES, a new automated IT system. A “short stay” refers to a visit to Europe lasting up to 90 days within 180 days. Registering for the EES is mandatory, regardless of whether or not you require a visa to travel to Europe.

Any traveller who crosses the external borders of any of the 29 European countries listed below will be required to register.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It bugs me that they'd be taking biometrics like fingerprints for this. Pretty invasive if I just want to visit family or see ruins.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Don't go. We don't have a right to go to other countries. If we don't like their rules it's simple don't go.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, maybe I won't.

If Canada did this to casual foreign visitors I'd also be pissed.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I want to remember being fingerprinted at a Canadian airport the one time I had a layover there in 2018.

This is all pretty common these days.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

If that's true, I'm pissed, as promised.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

As a dual Canadian-EU citizen, I say bollocks.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Check how long it will take for our biometric data (faces) to be hacked and stolen by evildoers.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Looking like I should get that Irish passport I'm entitled to by rights of descent since most of the rest of the world is just going batshit bonkers.

Before Ireland catches up to the insanity, anyway.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why is it limited to short stays? Seems reasonable that any foreign national entering the borders should be required to sign up? Otherwise, what good is it?

[–] TomatoPotato69@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago

I think stays longer than 90 days already require a different visa, in which case you would have already registered and been screened before that visa was issued.