Originally Posted by
justapax
Which fingerprints are taken? I only have nine, one finger was sewn on after a motorbike accident and doesn't have a fingerprint.
What about identical twins? My twins have never had their fingerprints taken, but I assume they'd be identical.
I am a citizen of one of the two non-Schengen countries, Ireland and Cyprus, Ireland because of the CTA with the UK, and Cyprus because it's an island nation and you need a passport to get there anyway. Will I be subject to border checks?
I travel between the UK and Italy frequently, I show my Irish passport and often get waved through without them even opening the passport. Will this change?
Presuming you travel with an Irish passport to/from the Schengen zone, you won't need to register on the EES machines. You can use an e-gate on arrival/departure as you have been able to do for many years. If there isn't one, then the EU lane remains open to you. You retain complete freedom of movement; the EES registration and extra step are only for non-EU citizens. Of course, if you travel to an airport that has sluggish non-Schengen border controls, then you'd still be caught up in it, as many EU citizens were on my departure from BRI last week.
https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/...-ees-not-apply- Nationals of the European countries using the EES, as well as Cyprus and Ireland.
- Non-EU nationals who hold a residence card and are immediately related to an EU national.
- Non-EU nationals who hold a residence card or a residence permit and are immediately related to a non-EU national who can travel throughout Europe like an EU citizen.
- Non-EU nationals travelling to Europe as part of an intra-corporate transfer or for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au-pairing.
- Holders of residence permits and long-stay visas.
- Nationals of Andorra, Monaco and San Marino and holders of a passport issued by the Vatican City State or the Holy See.
- People exempt from border checks or who have been granted certain privileges with respect to border checks (such as heads of state, accredited diplomats, cross-border workers, etc.). Diplomats travelling on short stay may be exempt from EES registration under certain conditions.
- The exception from registration in the EES apply to members of the armed forces travelling on NATO or Partnership for Peace business, who hold an identification and individual or collective movement order provided for by the Agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces and may apply to civilian component or dependents referred to in the NATO Status of Forces Agreement.
The exception applies to NATO International Civilians based in any of the 29 European countries using the EES and their dependents.
- People not required to cross external borders solely at border crossing points and during fixed opening hours.
- People holding a valid local border traffic permit.
- Crew members of passenger and goods trains on international connecting journeys.
- People holding a valid Facilitated Rail Transit Document or valid Facilitated Transit Document, provided they travel by train and do not disembark anywhere within the territory of an EU Member State.