Happy New Years dear travelers,
I have a a question for you, by any chance have any of you already applied to obtain the travel authorization called ETIAS? My other half and I are taking a 15 day river (Amsterdam - Budapest) cruise at the end of June and I heard that mid May American travelers must have an ETIAS in order to enter any European Union country.
Have any of you already applied for that? if so, where do I need to go in order to apply, how long does it takes to get the travel authorization and how much does it cost?
Thanks
Blanca
Posted by
SE Pennsylvania
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Posted by
Eastern Iowa, USA
8166 posts
The short answer:
Not in effect yet, likely not going into effect in May, or even this year.
The process promises to be easy(simple online form), quick (approval in minutes), and cheap (probably less than 20 euro).
Posted by
Green Bay
21268 posts
The official site says this on the top line:
ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications are collected at this point. It is due to start 6 months after EES.
https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias_en
And the EES is not yet operational.
Posted by
Los Angeles
35 posts
I applied for the UK version for a trip next summer. It was very easy. You'll need to upload your passport. The fee for the UK was 10 Pounds Sterling.