THE UK embassy in Spain says it has acquired ‘new data’ that the previous inexperienced residency certificates is not going to be legitimate for travellers utilizing the EU’s Entry Exit System(EES).
Nevertheless, the launch of the automated EES has been pushed again to early 2027.
The embassy in Madrid says that British nationals dwelling in Spain should swap the inexperienced paper doc for a TIE card.
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“Anybody trying to enter Spain or one other EU nation with a inexperienced certificates will discover that their doc just isn’t accepted as legitimate proof of residency, they usually could also be wrongly accused of overstaying within the EU,“ it acknowledged.
“This might result in them being denied entry and returned to the UK,“ the embassy continued.
It added that the one manner for British residents to be exempt from registering with the EES and to ensure their easy entry into Spain is with a TIE card.
There may be although considerably extra respiratory area for expats to make the swap because the introduction of the EES was delayed once more this month.
As soon as totally operational, the EES will acquire travellers’ biometric knowledge, corresponding to facial photographs and fingerprints, which seem on a Spanish TIE card.
The European Council mentioned the system will permit EU member border safety businesses to entry worldwide travellers’ knowledge and journey historical past.
It lets them shortly see whether or not they’re in compliance with an authorised interval of keep in Schengen space international locations together with Spain.
“In consequence, the EES will considerably scale back the chance of id fraud and overstay, strengthening the safety of the Schengen space,” the Council acknowledged.
