New Digital Entry/Exit System for Australians Traveling to Europe’s Schengen Area

Australians traveling to Europe volition look caller requirements nether the integer Entry and Exit System (EES), effectual October 12, 2025. This applies to non-EU nationals entering oregon leaving the Schengen Area, covering 29 European countries with shared borderline rules.

EES Requirements
Travelers must:

• Provide fingerprints and a photograph astatine the border.
• Answer a questionnaire from borderline staff.

These make a biometric integer grounds for individuality verification. For instrumentality visits wrong 3 years, lone fingerprints oregon photos are needed astatine entry/exit. Registration is free, but expect longer borderline queues initially.

Schengen Area and Rules
Australians tin enactment visa-free successful the Schengen Area for up to 90 days successful immoderate 180-day period. This bounds is tied to the individual, not the passport. Overstaying whitethorn effect successful detention, fines, oregon introduction bans. The EES volition way compliance crossed each 29 countries, with afloat implementation by April 10, 2026.