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Re: VISA to be required for entry to EU in 2024
[Re: IslandBoi]
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07/20/2023 12:04 PM
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I just read about this today. I got the impression it would not have any effect on islands in the Caribbean, but it will be interesting to find out for sure.
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Re: VISA to be required for entry to EU in 2024
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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07/20/2023 12:05 PM
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Not an actual VISA. "ETIAS is not a visa in the traditional sense; it only requires a quick online application, with approval delivered via email. In order to receive authorization, visitors must fill out an online form providing details about their basic biographical information, travel plans and travel history, as well as other security questions." grade A, sir, grade A
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Re: VISA to be required for entry to EU in 2024
[Re: IslandBoi]
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07/20/2023 12:35 PM
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This European travel authorization for Americans/Canadians is a direct response(retaliation?) to what the Americans and Canadians introduced years ago, which is the ESTA program. The European one is less data-invasive and 1/3 of the price of the ESTA and equal in price to the Canadian ETA.
Addendum: The airlines love these additional authorizations. This is because they have a bond to return people denied entry at the border at their cost; which they then attempt to recoup from those they've returned. The travel authorisation weeds out a certain number of travellers who will be denied entry and who will probably not pay the full-fare one-way return ticket price that the airlines charge.
Last edited by Zanshin; 07/20/2023 12:39 PM.
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