The British Embassy in Spain is highlighting newly revealed steerage on the Entry-Exit System to British nationals in Spain: https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees_en. The steerage 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’s additionally an internet software for travellers to examine the variety of days they will spend within the Schengen zone, which is able to grow to be out there as soon as the EES goes dwell later this yr.
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. This can substitute the present passport stamping on the border. These particulars shall be held on file for 3 years, that means Britons making repeat visits to Spain inside a three-year interval won’t need to 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. Because of this, they might encounter difficulties and delays on the border, particularly when getting into different EU international locations the place the Inexperienced Certificates might not be recognised.
The British Embassy is due to this fact asking these nonetheless utilizing a Inexperienced Certificates to get a TIE as quickly as doable, forward of the introduction of the EU’s new Entry Exit System (EES), anticipated in Autumn this yr.
The method for securing a TIE appointment the cardboard itself is run by the Spanish Authorities. Extra info on how you can apply, together with hyperlinks to Spanish Authorities web sites the place the purposes are made, will be discovered on the ‘Residing in Spain’ information on gov.uk.
