Originally Posted by
Kiltrash
Just checking with the cabin that the ETIAS still hasn't started? We are traveling to the EU in July and returning to the UK on a short 3 wks holiday and as such we don't need a Visa post Brexit till the ETIAS starts....
Is there a start date yet for them??
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-entryexit-system
'The exact date that EES will be introduced has not been confirmed.'
It may be simpler to get an EU passport, some countries are fast-tracking UK applicants. My country, Ireland, is not one of them, the backlog is about two years. Irish and Danish passports are the best, you don't have to be fingerprinted (national privacy laws prevent this).
I really do recommend having at least two passports. I have an EU one for entering the EU and a UK one for entering the UK. My kids have three, they were born in Canada. This means they can live, study, and work in Canada, whereas I, their father, can only stay there for 90 days as a tourist. They were born there, I wasn't. Canada is one of the few countries that says 'if you're born on our soil, you're one of us'.