The British Embassy in Spain is highlighting newly printed steering on the Entry-Exit System to British nationals in Spain: https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees_en.
The steering issued by the European Union units out extra element on the scheme, it’s implementation and the way Withdrawal Settlement Beneficiaries can keep away from registration. There may be additionally an internet software for travellers to examine the variety of days they will spend within the Schengen zone, which is able to turn into accessible as soon as the EES goes stay later this 12 months.
The EES would require all non-EU quick keep travellers to register through an automatic system on the border. They might want to present their title, passport particulars, biometric information (fingerprints and captured facial pictures) and the date and place of entry and exit upon getting into Spain.
It will change the present passport stamping on the border. These particulars will likely be held on file for 3 years, which means Britons making repeat visits to Spain inside a three-year interval is not going to should undergo the identical registration course of every time.
To be exempt from registering with the EES, British residents within the EU might want to present a legitimate uniform-format biometric card, which in Spain is the TIE. The non-biometric Inexperienced Certificates, although a legitimate residency doc in Spain, was issued previous to EU Exit and due to this fact, doesn’t characteristic within the Withdrawal Settlement or in Annex 22 of the Schengen Border Guard Handbook doc.
It’s anticipated that Inexperienced Certificates holders might lose out on the possibility to be exempt from registering. In consequence, they might encounter difficulties and delays on the border, particularly when getting into different EU international locations the place the Inexperienced Certificates is probably not recognised.
The British Embassy is due to this fact asking these nonetheless utilizing a Inexperienced Certificates to get a TIE as quickly as potential, forward of the introduction of the EU’s new Entry Exit System (EES), anticipated in Autumn this 12 months.
The method for securing a TIE appointment the cardboard itself is run by the Spanish Authorities. Extra info on methods to apply, together with hyperlinks to Spanish Authorities web sites the place the functions are made, could be discovered on the ‘Dwelling in Spain’ information on gov.uk.
(Information/Press Launch: British Embassy in Madrid
