Europe’s new biometric border checks: what do non-EU travellers need to know?

<p>Visitors arriving in any of the Schengen area’s 29 countries will have their faces and fingerprints scanned under the new entry/exit system</p><p>The European Union is preparing to dispense with passport stamps in favour of a new <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/27/will-the-eu-new-fingerprint-entry-system-cause-gridlock-the-guardian-tried-it-out">digital border management system</a>.</p><p>Australians and citizens of other non-EU countries travelling to Europe from Sunday 12 October may encounter the new biometric entry/exit system (EES) and, while it might create delays at the start, it should eventually offer a streamlined process.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/oct/07/europe-new-biometric-border-checks-what-do-non-eu-travellers-need-to-know">Continue reading...</a>