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I think that'll be kind of equivalent of ESTA for us Europeans. Even validity of three years is the same. It's not really a visa. My ESTA permit was issued in exactly 43 minutes. I expect the same with ETIAS. Wouldn't worry too muchJust read this article thought I would share . Basically there will be an on line system ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System).....a proposed 3 year visa will require a valid US passport and Debiit /credit card and it will give you multiple entry for 22 countries in the Schengen zone. UK will not require a visa. No fee amount given as yet. https://www.etiasvisa.com/etias-requirements/americans. The article is attached. The article also gives info for Europeans visiting the USA.
Americans Will Need to Register to Visit Europe Starting in 2021 — Here’s What We Know (Video) — Travel + Leisure
In two years, Americans will need to apply for something called ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) in order to visit the majority countries in the European Union. The European Commission says the new system will be enforced as an effort to upgrade international...apple.news
I agree I think it is pretty much the same as ESTA I will re word the thread. Good observation ...thanksI think that'll be kind of equivalent of ESTA for us Europeans. Even validity of three years is the same. It's not really a visa.
Hi, Tom,...
Presently, non EU citizens are limited to remaining in the EU for a maximum of 90 days in any 180 day period. For stays beyond 90 days, one needs an expensive and difficult to obtain a long-stay Schengen Visa. This visa, the Type D Schengen Visa is good for one year and can be renewed four times.
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You are exactly right you cannot extend the 90 day stay . To add to what you said you also cannot extend the ESTA you must apply for a new one. See this article https://www.estavisaus.org/news/extending-esta-visaNot really. But applying for a long-visa to stay in any country is a pain in the butt. But, it is what it is. Each country has the right to set whatever rules they deem reasonable to permit entry. This includes issuing visas.
You can go online to www.state.gov, then drill down to the US Embassy and Consulate nearest you. The website is quite thorough. All the requirements and forms are available on line.
I hope this helps.
You are exactly right you cannot extend the 90 day stay . To add to what you said you also cannot extend the ESTA you must apply for a new one. See this article https://www.estavisaus.org/news/extending-esta-visa
Badly researched article. Contains glaring misinformation, although of little practical importance for travellers to the EU so I won't bother to address it. [Edited to add: The article has now been substantially rewritten and corrected.]Americans Will Need a Visa to Visit Europe Starting in 2021
http://a.msn.com/03/en-us/BBUvfUF?ocid=se
and just in time for the Holy Year
No, there are no plans to change the Schengen rules. The restrictions will be the same as now.I'm not so sure this is bad news. Under the current system people can only stay 3 months. Looks like this will grant easier passage to other countries with less restrictions on stays.
In other words, citizens of the USA will (from 2021) experience the same "headache" that visitors from most other countries go through, when wishing to enter the USA. Sounds fair enough to me.Starting in 2021 Americans will require a visa from the new European Travel Information and Authorization System or ETIAS. To apply for the ETIAS, US citizens will need a valid passport, an email account and a credit or debit card. What Me Worry? True, plenty of time before this kicks in but if you think you need another reason to get out and walk the Camino - here it is! Besides who needs that headache before setting off!
US citizens will need to register to visit parts of Europe starting in 2021
US citizens visiting parts of Europe will need authorization from the European Union come 2021.edition.cnn.com
I know just a tiny bit about this. I believe that in addition to filling in the paperwork you have to eventually appear in person in front of a consul.Is the procedure to stay longer in the USA (for walking PCT for example) equally expensive and difficult?
The 90 days in 180 limit has not changed. The Visa just allows you to enter the country. The Visa must be reapplied for every three years.There will be a new European visa requirement for US citizens visiting the Schengen Zone effect 2021. It was recently announced one must apply for an ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) Visa. The requirements sound simple enough: a valid US Passport, a credit or debit card and an email address. It sounds like it changes the former restriction of allowing one only to stay for no more than 90 days in a 180 day period and will allow one to stay up to 3 years.
There are some other requirements about travel insurance, proof of income and few a details that may make "walking the Camino" for an extended period of time a little niggly.
Throughout these 3 years of validity of the ETIAS visa for USA travelers, it is possible to enter any of the Schengen zone European countries which apply to this visa as many times as necessary. The ETIAS visa for Americans is a multiple-entry visa with few restrictions in order to promote tourism while maintaining a high level of international security.The 90 days in 180 limit has not changed. The Visa just allows you to enter the country. The Visa must be reapplied for every three years.
I am a bit puzzled why this ETIAS "news" is suddenly doing the rounds. The EU law in question was adopted and officially published more than five months ago and nothing has happened in the meantime that makes it urgent to inform about an online registration system that will not be operational for at least another two years.
My guess is that it has to do with Brexit and the current news frenzy in the UK media. Unlike in the past, British citizens may be subject to the same Schengen rules as American, Canadian and dozens of other nationalities, either as soon as next month or as of 1 January 2021 or at some other date between April 2019 and December 2022. Or never and not at all. Or they may end up in a separate EU visitor category of their own. Nobody knows yet but that does not stop speculation, misinformation and even accurate information being spread on all information channels.
I've been wondering the whole time about the purpose of this elaborate website and similar websites. You can enter your email address (etiasvisa.com/etias-form-application) if you "wish to be notified by email when the online visa will be available" and you agree to their privacy policy (etiasvisa.com/privacy-policy) which might give us a clue:
That site sounds like the sites that will help you apply for an ESTA - for a fee of course, when there's nothing difficult about applying for an ESTA from the official government site, and it only costs $14.I've been wondering the whole time what the purpose of this elaborate website and similar websites could be. You can enter your email address (https://www.etiasvisa.com/etias-form-application) if you "wish to be notified by email when the online visa will be available" and you must agree of course to their privacy policy (https://www.etiasvisa.com/privacy-policy). Their privacy policy might give us a clue: they will share information in the following ways, and I quote by copy-paste:
I particularly love that they will share information with a nebulous entity called "the government" in an EU context.
- In order to process your [ETIAS] visa application we share the information and the documentation you provide with the government. The government needs this information to be able to either approve or reject the visa application.
- etiasvisa.com is a global business which works in cooperation with a number of affiliate companies. Information is shared between our affiliate companies which operate in multiple countries. Your information may be shared with these companies and your information may be transferred between our own internal offices.
And I am waiting with baited breath for the moment when we can purchase an equally nebulous entity called "ETIAS visa" against payment of the official fee on their website, plus a no doubt very modestly priced service charge.
The EES system (Entry/Exit System) mentioned in the infographic will also be implemented in the coming years. The familiar passport stamps that you receive when entering and leaving the Schengen area will disappear and over-stayers (individuals remaining in the Schengen Area after the end of their authorised stay, ie in relation to the 90 days within 180 days rule) will be systematically identified on the basis of their data stored in EES, something that is currently not the case.This official EU site has a good graphic of how the ETIAS will work.
This looks to me like the people believing they can stay in the Schengen zone and nobody will notice (several threads a year seem to come up on this) are going to get nabbed at the border
Was that on the site in the original post? It's a commercial site, not official.Trecile,
I tried to enter my name for the periodic notifications from the ETIAS site and like I said above they would not accept my email address.
However, there is plenty of time to wait and see how this thing rolls out but I suspect it is going to be a big nightmare for travelers come 2021.
I don't trust this website. I entered an email address, too - a made up one, of course. When I clicked on Submit I got the message: Oops there was a problem, please check your input and submit the form again. When I clicked on Submit again, I got the message: This form has already been submitted. As mentioned by others, it is not an official EU website.I tried to enter my name for the periodic notifications from the ETIAS site and like I said above they would not accept my email address.
Not me. And I won't reveal the words I use to make up my fantasy email address in such cases when I'm curious or suspicious and I'm testing or trying out something.The exact same result for me! We are probably now registered members of a known terrorist organization.
It seems that the website as referred to in the article I posted is an commercial entity. The article also referred to the EU authority. Although the ETIAS visa site provided some useful information I would go directly to the EU official site when applying as suggested by others including the information presented by @trecile in post #34. My apologies if it confused anyone. @biarritzdon I think at the most you might jus get some spam in your inbox. I would enter the site info into your blocked list for your email provider. My apologies again I my intent was to provide the information on the impending changes listed not to endorce any commercial business in the article.I've been wondering the whole time what the purpose of this elaborate website and similar websites could be. You can enter your email address (https://www.etiasvisa.com/etias-form-application) if you "wish to be notified by email when the online visa will be available" and you must agree of course to their privacy policy (https://www.etiasvisa.com/privacy-policy). Their privacy policy might give us a clue: they will share information in the following ways, and I quote by copy-paste:
I particularly love that they will share information with a nebulous entity called "the government" in an EU context.
- In order to process your [ETIAS] visa application we share the information and the documentation you provide with the government. The government needs this information to be able to either approve or reject the visa application.
- etiasvisa.com is a global business which works in cooperation with a number of affiliate companies. Information is shared between our affiliate companies which operate in multiple countries. Your information may be shared with these companies and your information may be transferred between our own internal offices.
And I am waiting with baited breath for the moment when we can purchase an equally nebulous entity called "ETIAS visa" against payment of the official fee on their website, plus a no doubt very modestly priced service charge.
I completely agree. I think it’s a process and they are still working out the bugs. Likely it’s will be very simular to the USA’s ESTA process.Iriebabel,
I for one will wait to see how this thing rolls out over the next year or two. It is not a priority.
I give them credit where credit is due. CNN Travel has now made a number of substantial corrections to their online article, the link to etiasvisa.com has disappeared and there are now a number of links and quotes from official EU sources instead.you can find shoddy information where I at least would not expect it, for example CNN Travel, published today 9th March 2019: ""United States citizens will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2021. US citizens traveling to Europe without a visa will be a thing of the past come 2021. The European Union announced on Friday that American travelers will need a new type of visa -- a European Travel Information and Authorization System or ETIAS -- to visit the European Schengen Area.""
What a lot of codswallop!!! They even link this partial nonsense to this non-official etiasvisa.com website.
And I am waiting with baited breath for the moment when we can purchase an equally nebulous entity called "ETIAS visa" against payment of the official fee on their website, plus a no doubt very modestly priced service charge.
Ah, so ETIAS is a travel authorization, not a visa. Whereas a visa is a travel authorization. That should really clear things up.Dear Americans: ETIAS is NOT A VISA – IT’S A TRAVEL AUTHORISATION
I know just a tiny bit about this. I believe that in addition to filling in the paperwork you have to eventually appear in person in front of a consul.
Ah, so ETIAS is a travel authorization, not a visa. Whereas a visa is a travel authorization. That should clear things up.
Hi team this ETIAS also applies to Aussies and Kiwis. Minimal cost from what I've read about 7euros but maybe 10euros. Thanks for sharing this information with the pilgrim community .Just read this article thought I would share . Basically there will be an on line system ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System).....a proposed 3 year authorization will require a valid US passport and Debiit /credit card and it will give you multiple entry for 22 countries in the Schengen zone. UK will not require this ETIAS. No fee amount given as yet. The article is attached. The article also gives info for Europeans visiting the USA.
Americans Will Need to Register to Visit Europe Starting in 2021 — Here’s What We Know (Video) — Travel + Leisure
In two years, Americans will need to apply for something called ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) in order to visit the majority countries in the European Union. The European Commission says the new system will be enforced as an effort to upgrade international...apple.news
MSN did the same inasmuch as the article does state it is NOT a visa.I give them credit where credit is due. CNN Travel has now made a number of substantial corrections to their online article, the link to etiasvisa.com has disappeared and there are now a number of links and quotes from official EU sources instead.
Other news websites have not followed their example.
Thanks yes that cost is not bad indeed!Hi team this ETIAS also applies to Aussies and Kiwis. Minimal cost from what I've read about 7euros but maybe 10euros. Thanks for sharing this information with the pilgrim community .
Americans Will Need a Visa to Visit Europe Starting in 2021
http://a.msn.com/03/en-us/BBUvfUF?ocid=se
and just in time for the Holy Year
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