Many countries still don’t need a visa, you just fill out your itinerary ahead of time online and pay ~$20 USD equivalent fee(thanks to e0qdk for the conversion).
Instead of filling out a visit registration card after arrival, you fill out your visit registration ahead of time online.
Streamlines entry, boosts security.
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~20 dollars for 90 days traveling to 30 countries is a very reasonable administrative fee.
That’s fine if you’re staying – but ~20 bucks for a layover? Really?
Edit: Why did you delete my post?
There are still about 9 months for them to finalize policies before ETIAS registration becomes active, so we’ll have to see what the actual policy is once it’s enacted. Entry/exit policies change constantly, and this one hasn’t even begun yet.
It would be pretty ridiculous to pay for a layover.
Your post was removed for rule 1, misinformation. There is no evidence of extortion in ETIAS registration and information provided in this community must be accurate.
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The terms shakedown and extortion don’t apply to the proposed ETIAS system any more than they apply to a library card fee. Pay the fee, use the infrastructure.
Your original comment was arguing against the charge at all, not the layover charge specifically.
No, my original comment about the charge was directly after the quotation of “Required Even for Transit: If you have a layover in an ETIAS country, approval is mandatory.”, which I copied verbatim from your original link to etias.com.
My comment is still publicly listed in the modlog for everyone – including you – to check if you don’t believe me.
Perhaps I should’ve put 🙄️ after my statement to clarify tone, but still, I think you’re being ridiculous about how you’re handling my comments.
Frankly, I’m offended and will not be participating here further.
Alright, Europe Direct has answered:
“You will not need an ETIAS travel authorisation if you only remain in the international transit area of a Schengen airport. However, you must have a valid travel authorisation if you leave this area and enter the territory of any of the European countries requiring ETIAS.”
So if your layover keeps you in the transit area of a Schengen airport, you don’t have to register with ETIAS, but if you have to exit the transit area, cross border patrol and check in again, which does happen sometimes with separately booked flights, you will have to register with ETIAS.
That is how every country I’ve ever been to does transit.
If you go through border control, you have to register, but if you don’t then you don’t.
I checked, thanks, you did mention layovers in your first comment.
There’s a lot of fearmongering about travel based on ignorance, and I am careful about allowing harmful inaccuracies or hypotheses into the community.
Since ETIAS has not yet been enacted, relevant details aren’t provided, and similar travel authorization programs don’t charge for transit without entry through border control, I’ve contacted the EU to ask for a more specific policy breakdown concerning layovers and will let you know what they say.
I know it’s frustrating to find out you broke community rules(I’ve done it), but I do have them in place for good reasons.
Thank you for your comments.
