Visa required for Americans traveling to EU starting in 2024?

[Old Fart Cruisers]

It looks like nearly all of citizens of most countries in North and South America will be required to have a Visa for travel to the EU starting in 2024.  I sure some people on this site will have more information about this change.  

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Who Needs ETIAS?

 

Edited July 20, 2023 by Old Fart Cruisers

[hallasm]

It is actually not a replacement for the Schengen Visa but a Travel Authorization for all nationalities who doesn’t need a visa today.
When is not yet known (ETIAS is currently not in operation) - it has been postponed several times. Check when it becomes a requirement.

This is the official web:  https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias_en

[Zach1213]

Nope, not a visa. In fact, ETIAS will (whenever it actually start) be quite the opposite...an authorization for people who are visa-exempt. Visas can be complicated and often expensive to get, and ETIAS will be neither. Visas also often live in the passport as a sticker, and ETIAS will not be that. For some places, like Australia, US citizens have had to do it for many years...it's incredibly simple and takes less than a couple of minutes. 

[mom says]

Yep.Notavisa. And no start date yet. It's been postponed annually for years.

[capriccio]

8 hours ago, Zach1213 said:

For some places, like Australia, US citizens have had to do it for many years...it's incredibly simple and takes less than a couple of minutes. 

I can attest to that for both Australia and New Zealand.  They were also relatively inexpensive compared to visas.

[BOB999]

To add, the US has been requiring this of European visitors for nearly 15 years.

[new_cruiser]

10 hours ago, Zach1213 said:

Nope, not a visa. In fact, ETIAS will (whenever it actually start) be quite the opposite...an authorization for people who are visa-exempt. Visas can be complicated and often expensive to get, and ETIAS will be neither. Visas also often live in the passport as a sticker, and ETIAS will not be that. For some places, like Australia, US citizens have had to do it for many years...it's incredibly simple and takes less than a couple of minutes. 

It took me more than a couple of minutes button probably less than 15 minutes to submit each one. Each country had a phone app to do the submission you have to download that. The app says processing is usually complete within 72 hours. The acceptance emails came within way less than 24 hours. 

[John Bull]

13 hours ago, Zach1213 said:

Nope, not a visa. In fact, ETIAS will (whenever it actually start) be quite the opposite...an authorization for people who are visa-exempt. Visas can be complicated and often expensive to get, and ETIAS will be neither. Visas also often live in the passport as a sticker, and ETIAS will not be that. For some places, like Australia, US citizens have had to do it for many years...it's incredibly simple and takes less than a couple of minutes. 

 

Yes, ETIAS is a visa-waiver, and is being introduced as a new requirement for visitors who currently don't need a pukka visa. The current start date is sometime next year - it has already been pushed back twice,

Visitors who need a visa will continue to need one.

ETIAS will mirror the ESTA that Europeans & others who don't need a pukka visa have had to complete for about the last 12 (?) years to enter the USA.

Done on-line, very simple, a small admin fee.

You' can print off your ETIAS to put with your passport, altho in theory (and usually in practice) your ETIAS will show up on your immigration status when your API (Advance Passenger Information) is forwarded to your destination country and when you present your passport at Immigration Control.

 

Unlike the vast majority of ESTA applications, my first ESTA took  a couple of weeks to come thro' - probably because of the need to check the similarity of my name to that of an undesirable.

 

JB 🙂  

[Ashland]

I'm a lot confused by this possible new requirement for our British Isles cruise for July 2024.

Any idea what we'll need...help please.

[hallasm]

26 minutes ago, Ashland said:

I'm a lot confused by this possible new requirement for our British Isles cruise for July 2024.

British Isles is not part of Schengen.  Nor Ireland.

Edited July 21, 2023 by hallasm

[LHT28]

26 minutes ago, Ashland said:

I'm a lot confused by this possible new requirement for our British Isles cruise for July 2024.

Any idea what we'll need...help please.

There is a list of Countries that will require the ETIAS

https://travel-europe.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/These 30 European countries require ETIAS_en.pdf

 

If you are stopping at any of those  then you will need to apply for the ETIAS  (providing it is  available  when you are travelling)

[John Bull]

53 minutes ago, Ashland said:

I'm a lot confused by this possible new requirement for our British Isles cruise for July 2024.

Any idea what we'll need...help please.

 

 

The only thing you'll need as well as your passport will be an ETIAS - if your cruise includes any French or Belgian etc ports (Le Havre is frequently included in British Isles  cruises), and if ETIAS has been introduced by the time of your cruise.

If you do need an ETIAS it'll cost you ten minutes to apply on-line and a fee of a few Euros.

 

The Channel Islands (Guernsey is often included in those cruises) are part of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, and altho' the Republic of Ireland is in the EC it won't be part of the ETIAS scheme because its border security is part of a Common Travel Area with Great Britain..

 

Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland are formulating their own "visa waiver" scheme, similar to America's ESTA and the EU's proposed ETIAS, but that is a few years off yet.  

 

JB 🙂

[sanger727]

On 7/20/2023 at 2:49 PM, Zach1213 said:

Nope, not a visa. In fact, ETIAS will (whenever it actually start) be quite the opposite...an authorization for people who are visa-exempt. Visas can be complicated and often expensive to get, and ETIAS will be neither. Visas also often live in the passport as a sticker, and ETIAS will not be that. For some places, like Australia, US citizens have had to do it for many years...it's incredibly simple and takes less than a couple of minutes. 

 

Yes, but again, for people who are visa-exempt - doing nothing is the easiest thing. Up until now US citizens didn't have to do any more than buy a plane ticket to go to most places in Europe. So it is a change and will be somewhat more difficult. Yes, certainly easier than a visa. 

[Teechur]

A new entry application and fee will be required for visitors to Schengen countries next year. Called an ETIAS instead of a VISA, you will need one to go there.

 

The initial fee is only $8.00, but we all know what happens to low "initial" fees. 😠

 

New requirements to travel to Europe will be a ‘pain’ for travelers in 2024: Lee Abbamonte | Watch (msn.com)

[jwattle]

Have you ever been to Australia, especially if your flight had a layover in New Zealand? It would appear that Europe is catching up.

[snoozecrooze]

I know it seems really unkind, but countries in the US's Visa Waiver Program (such as the UK, Italy, Australia, Singapore, etc) all have had to pay $21 for the US's ESTA.

 

It's literally all about playing catch up.

[Steelers36]

19 minutes ago, Teechur said:

A new entry application and fee will be required for visitors to Schengen countries next year. Called an ETIAS instead of a VISA, you will need one to go there.

 

The initial fee is only $8.00, but we all know what happens to low "initial" fees. 😠

 

New requirements to travel to Europe will be a ‘pain’ for travelers in 2024: Lee Abbamonte | Watch (msn.com)

Affects Canada as well.  The fee is actually 7 EUR and the ETIAS registration is good for 3 years.  Seems like a minor process to do online and a very di minimus amount all things considered.

[Ashland]

2 hours ago, LHT28 said:

There is a list of Countries that will require the ETIAS

https://travel-europe.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/These 30 European countries require ETIAS_en.pdf

 

If you are stopping at any of those  then you will need to apply for the ETIAS  (providing it is  available  when you are travelling)

Fingers crossed we'll sail from Amsterdam July 2024.

Dover, Inverness, Lerwick, Glasgow, Belfast, Holyhead, Liverpool, 

 

Appreciate your help.

[LHT28]

11 minutes ago, Ashland said:

Fingers crossed we'll sail from Amsterdam July 2024.

Dover, Inverness, Lerwick, Glasgow, Belfast, Holyhead, Liverpool, 

 

Appreciate your help.

Then you will need the ETIAS  if it has been rolled out by then

Just keep checking the site  next  year

As others have posted it has been delayed  for several years 

[ontheweb]

1 hour ago, LHT28 said:

Then you will need the ETIAS  if it has been rolled out by then

Just keep checking the site  next  year

As others have posted it has been delayed  for several years 

Correct, they will need it for Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

[SPacificbound]

6 hours ago, LHT28 said:

There is a list of Countries that will require the ETIAS

https://travel-europe.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/These 30 European countries require ETIAS_en.pdf

 

If you are stopping at any of those  then you will need to apply for the ETIAS  (providing it is  available  when you are travelling)

Thank you for the link I printed that out and put it with my 2024 cruises.

[ontheweb]

Before the date was extended to 2024, we thought this would apply to us for our Prima cruise form London (Southampton) to Iceland including the Netherlands, Belgium (which has now been cancelled due to low tides), and Norway. I called our TA and he thought it would be taken care of with the airfare as that its how it is presently done with Australia.. I then noted we would be flying to the UK which is not part of the EU. He said he'd have to think about that.

Edited July 22, 2023 by ontheweb

[cruiseryyc]

Visitors from Europe coming to the US have had to get an ETSA for years now; its nothing new to the rest of the world.

[hallasm]

6 hours ago, ontheweb said:

I called our TA and he thought it would be taken care of

When flying to the UK, the airline will not worry about  ETIAS (once required for travel).

The actual registration of the ETIAS will be quite simple, but possible to let a TA do the registration on your behalf.
I believe TA’s will know once ETIAS required for travel to the Schengen area.
When checking in on a cruise ship visiting Schengen Area , they will check ETIAS in the same way as they have to check visas for travelers where a Schengen visa is required.

[Old Fart Cruisers]

Next year we will be on a B2B to England, Belgium, Holland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Will we have to apply for ETIAS for each country, or will it be one form where you check of what countries and dates you are visiting?