https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/ Travel News and Tips for U.S. Travelers Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/#comment-77251 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:10:04 +0000 https://www.traveloffpath.com/?p=193810#comment-77251 Just get rid of it and let me stay in each EU country for 3 months at a time. I’m happy to show a passport at the border. Thanks.

]]> https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/#comment-77227 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:51:49 +0000 https://www.traveloffpath.com/?p=193810#comment-77227 I approve of abolishing that Schengen stuff except on the way in.

]]> https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/#comment-77226 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:23:21 +0000 https://www.traveloffpath.com/?p=193810#comment-77226 Americans can stay longer in the Schengen zone than 90 days out of any 180 day period, but they need a visa to do so.

]]> https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/#comment-77188 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:33:52 +0000 https://www.traveloffpath.com/?p=193810#comment-77188 This is the same policy that the US (and many other countries) has applied for years for people visiting from abroad, no matter which nationality. In the US the cost for a evisa is higher, and only lasts 1 year. I think it was time for the EU to do the same, for various reasons and not exactly to create division nor send a signal not to visit. I don’t think cost should be a concern for those coming in. As long as you have legitimate intent, I think this visa is just a mechanism to ensure public safety. Why aren’t there any articles about Australia, US,… and the many other countries doing the exact same thing for years? They also capture your personal data and in many cases treat any foreigner like a criminal when crossing their borders. This article intends to capture the reader, misinform and create division, exactly the type or “journalism” that the world needs today…

]]> https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/#comment-77175 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:33:59 +0000 https://www.traveloffpath.com/?p=193810#comment-77175 Sorry to be a pedant but a pet peeve of mine is when people don’t know the difference between customs and immigration. Immigration is about international movement of people, customs is about international movement of goods. Schengen is an immigration union, not a customs union. Therefore when you cross from Switzerland into (say) Italy, you do need to go through customs, but not immigration.

]]> https://www.traveloffpath.com/border-checks-are-back-to-the-schengen-zone-heres-why-traveling-in-europe-will-feel-different-in-2025/#comment-77156 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:24:12 +0000 https://www.traveloffpath.com/?p=193810#comment-77156 When will the ETIAS begin? And what if you are already in a Schengen country?

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