- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2015-2023 walked all or part of CF 11 times
https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias_en is the Website I reviewed, as well as a search on this website before asking again about the current status of ETIAS.
According to the website ETIAS is scheduled to start six months after EES. Does anyone have any idea when EES is now scheduled, again to start? I just booked a Camino flight for late April/May.
It is my understanding that once ETIAS is in place it will require us to be either fingerprinted or facial entry will be utilized? Is that correct? Personally, my experience with Global Entry in The USA would hope that the EU takes as much time as needed before implementing their system for the masses.
In the USA, I have used Global Entry for almost 10 years. Initially, it required us to be fingerprinted. When we arrived back inthe USA,instead of waiting on obnoxiously long lines at JFK, or EWR, we went to kiosks, put our passports in and then put our fingers on a glass screen for our prints to be verified. Initially, we sometimes had glitches. All of our fingers didn’t always read well, particularly if your prints weren’t as readable (elderly, musicians, construction workers, farmers etc.). Thankfully, there weren’t that many casual American travelers who wanted to-pay $100 per year for this service, so glitches weren’t as problematic. Last couple of years the kiosks progressed to facial recognition. It works better, but then one needs to really face the screen! Of course! But sometimes, people are shorter or taller than the particular screens viewing range….then requiring the entrant to adjust their height, or go to a different machine. Still there weren’t a lot of people using Global Entry, not enough, that is, to create a back-up. Can’t wait to see what happens when the masses have to use a similar, but hopefully better recognition system…. hopefully after my upcoming Camino trip!
According to the website ETIAS is scheduled to start six months after EES. Does anyone have any idea when EES is now scheduled, again to start? I just booked a Camino flight for late April/May.
It is my understanding that once ETIAS is in place it will require us to be either fingerprinted or facial entry will be utilized? Is that correct? Personally, my experience with Global Entry in The USA would hope that the EU takes as much time as needed before implementing their system for the masses.
In the USA, I have used Global Entry for almost 10 years. Initially, it required us to be fingerprinted. When we arrived back inthe USA,instead of waiting on obnoxiously long lines at JFK, or EWR, we went to kiosks, put our passports in and then put our fingers on a glass screen for our prints to be verified. Initially, we sometimes had glitches. All of our fingers didn’t always read well, particularly if your prints weren’t as readable (elderly, musicians, construction workers, farmers etc.). Thankfully, there weren’t that many casual American travelers who wanted to-pay $100 per year for this service, so glitches weren’t as problematic. Last couple of years the kiosks progressed to facial recognition. It works better, but then one needs to really face the screen! Of course! But sometimes, people are shorter or taller than the particular screens viewing range….then requiring the entrant to adjust their height, or go to a different machine. Still there weren’t a lot of people using Global Entry, not enough, that is, to create a back-up. Can’t wait to see what happens when the masses have to use a similar, but hopefully better recognition system…. hopefully after my upcoming Camino trip!