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New Entry/Exit SYSTEM (EES)

A new digital border management system – the Entry/Exit System (EES) – is coming to make travelling to Europe easier and more efficient.
When 27.01.2022

EES applies to non-EU nationals regardless of whether they are visa-exempt such as British citizens or third-country nationals residing in the UK requiring a short-stay visa to travel to the Schengen area. 

Exemptions apply, please see: EES - To whom does the EES not apply?

 

What is the Entry/Exit System (EES)?

The Entry/Exit System (EES) is an IT system designed to automate border control procedures making travel to European countries using the EES easier and more efficient.

Please see: EES - What is the EES?

 

How will the EES work?

European countries using the EES will introduce the system gradually at their external borders from 12 October 2025. In Denmark, the EES will be gradually implemented at Copenhagen Airport (CPH) and fully implemented in the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark.

As of 10 April 2026, passport stamping will be fully replaced by the digital Entry/Exit System, which – with some exceptions – will record non-EU nationals’ biometric data, data from the travel document and travel dates. Refusals of entry will also be recorded in the system.

Please see: EES - How will the EES work? What is new during the border checks?

 

More information:

European Union: EES - Data held by the EES + EES - FAQs about EES

Danish authorities (in Danish only): Entry/Exit System (uim.dk)

 

European countries introducing the EES:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.