Katarzyna Kolanko
Explained: The EU’s New Security Check System for Visitors
The European Travel Information and Authorisation System, ETIAS, is a visa waiver programme that aims "to strengthen the borders of the Schengen Area by pre-checking the data of travellers before they enter the zone", according to the ETIAS website.
Farewell to the passport stamps, our EU neighbors already launched a new procedure
The system was being introduced because the alternative was to return visas and take biometric data at consular posts, Banjaluka based "Nezavisne" reports.