Europe EES queue?

[daft009]

Sorry guys for asking this but I couldn't find the thread.

How are the queues at Frankfurt arrivals now?
For those needing to the EES thing at arrival

I'm flying over in mid Sept and would like to book a domestic flight within Germany so unsure how much time to allow.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Was an absolute cough show 6 weeks ago - absolute disgrace

 

[Mattg]

I think it would depend on what time of day you arrive. If it's in the morning, I would expect very long queues as so many intercontinental flights arrive then. Allow 3+ hours for the connecting flight. In the mid-afternoon it could actually be OK.

I flew into LIS last week, from outside the Schengen Area. I had heard many horror stories, but landing at 7pm we were the only flight coming in at that time and there was no line.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

It was slow going at FRA in the evening when we went through in February. There are flights arriving in the late afternoon/evening from Asia, Japan etc. We were 10th in the queue and it took 30 minutes to get through, with a couple officers working.

 

[SYD]

Sorry guys for asking this but I couldn't find the thread.

How are the queues at Frankfurt arrivals now?
For these needing to the EES thing at arrival

I'm flying over in mid Sept and would like to book a domestic flight within Germany so unsure how much time to allow.

This is the broader thread relating to ESS.

Thread 'Electronic authorisation required for EU travel from 2025'

Mar 22, 2018

According to this article, non-EU citizens will need to get a "ETIAS" travel authorisation prior to travel to the European Schengen area from 2020. The authorisation would last for 3 years and cost a small fee, similar to the US/Canadian visa waiver I presume. Slightly annoying but I can't see this being a huge hassle.

• Mattg
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• Forum: Passports, Visas, Immigration & Customs

We have our first “Exit” attempt tomorrow via HEL before ver-entering a week later. At least school hols have finished.

 

[daft009]

Yeah I'm on SQ so arrive first thing in the morning on a Sunday.

Was hoping with the European summer coming to an end the queues would have died down by now or at least starting to

 

[RB]

Friends arrived in J on Vietnam Air this morning & said it was very speedy-their first visit since new regulations, don't know full details

 

[Fruit1008]

I flew into Amsterdam around 7AM last month and it was a bliss to get my EES registered. Not many people were in the line and a quick scan of eyes and fingers - done!