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travel1 month ago•21 min saved

Beat Europe’s New Biometric Lines: Smart Tips to Speed Through Passport Control

European airports are seeing longer lines due to the rollout of the Entry and Exit System (EES), which requires first-time visitors to scan passports, take a photo, and provide fingerprints. While lines should ease as more travelers complete registration, you can minimize delays by arriving early (4 hours before departure), allowing longer layovers (3+ hours for Schengen connections), and choosing arrival airports with shorter queues (Madrid, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Zurich) over hubs like Amsterdam, Paris CDG, Berlin, Krakow, Lisbon.

via Upgraded Points|

#airports #biometrics #europe

world9 months ago•7 min saved

China Restricts Public Employees' International Travel Amid Passport Restrictions

China has imposed strict travel restrictions on public employees, including confiscating passports and banning overseas travel for personal reasons, as part of efforts to enhance political discipline, national security, and ideological loyalty, affecting a wide range of workers from teachers to healthcare professionals.

via The New York Times|

#china #government-policy #passport-control

technology11 months ago•13 min saved

US Airports Introduce Advanced Facial Recognition for Faster Border Entry

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is trialing new 'on-the-move' camera technology at seven major airports to speed up Global Entry processing, allowing travelers to pass through passport control without stopping, using 'auto-capture' cameras embedded in infrastructure, enhancing the travel experience and reducing wait times.

via The Points Guy|

#airport-technology #global-entry #passport-control

travel11 months ago•13 min saved

DFW Airport Enhances Customs with New Facial Recognition Technology

A new biometric, contactless passport control program called Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) is now available at over a dozen major US airports, offering a faster, fee-free alternative to Global Entry for U.S. citizens, significantly reducing wait times and streamlining international arrivals.

via The Points Guy|

#enhanced-passenger-processing #epp #global-entry-alternative

travel3 years ago•3 min saved

UK airports in disarray as passport e-gates malfunction.

Passengers flying into the UK are facing delays as passport e-gates across the country have not been working since Friday night. The issue at airports, including Heathrow, Manchester and Gatwick, means people flying in are having to get their passports checked manually. The Home Office said it was working with airlines and port operators to minimise disruption from the "nationwide border system issue". A union warned queues would build quickly.

via BBC|

#border-system #delays #e-gates

travel3 years ago•2 min saved

UK airport e-gate failure causes nationwide delays for travelers.

A technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the UK for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Home Office said all the electronic gates were working again, but provided no details about what caused the problem. The delays affected travelers across the country, with frustrated passengers taking to social media to post photos of long lines at airports including Manchester and London Heathrow.

via The Associated Press|

#airports #delays #electronic-gates

travel3 years ago•2 min saved

Nationwide electronic gate failure causes travel chaos in UK airports.

A technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the UK for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Home Office said all the electronic gates were working again, but provided no details about what caused the problem. The glitch caused travel chaos last summer when foreign travel surged following the coronavirus pandemic.

via ABC News|

#airports #delays #electronic-gates