This is what you need to know about the major new changes for US travelers.
  • bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    15 hours ago

    First sentence in the article

    Americans traveling to Europe are now encountering major changes at border crossings as the European Union’s long‑planned Entry/Exit System (EES) has officially come into force.

    Confusing headline

    • hansolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Intentionally confusing.

      This had been planned and pushed back something like 3 or 5 years, so it’s no surprise, and doesnt affect that many Americans. Without confusing you to think you’ll be fingerprinted to go to the store, it’s not getting a lot of clicks.

  • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    14 hours ago

    I get that it feels good to give Americans a taste of their own survailance border, but this is bad, building a survailance network “at the border” will inevitably expand inwards.

  • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    10 hours ago

    I had a student visa for the UK back in 2018. I had to go to st.louis (3 hr drive) and get both my palms/fingers and my face scanned.

    When I arrived in the UK, the university also scanned my palms/fingers to make sure they matched. I can’t recall if my face was scanned again. I thought it was overkill but they said that they had a problem with people coming in with student visas and never attending university.

    I found this unlikely because to get my visa I had to not only prove I had enough finances for the tuition but living expenses amounting to around 30,000 USD. For the year I would be there. (I was getting fasfa loan money and they accepted this).

    I also paid nearly $800 USD for the visa and healthcare that was required.

    Oh and the classrooms had scanners on them and I had to scan my ID for every attendance. To prove I was attending classes.

    And I was doing a research program so after 6 months I wasn’t attending classes, just doing research. So not scanning my ID anywhere. And I got a notice I would be deported in 30 days if I wasn’t attending. I had to call them up and explain the situation. And then I just started scanning my ID on random doors every day. Just to be sure I didn’t get flagged again.

    • pousserapiere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I have a hard time believing some university would spend money on regular badge readers on classroom doors, even more on setup and maintenance of passport scanners. Which university was it? What kind of id were UK citizens using?

      • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Swansea university in Swansea Wales.

        Yep. Every classroom door had them.

        https://hwb.swansea.ac.uk/hwb/student-id-card/

        All Swansea University students are issued with a Student ID card, sometimes also called a library card.

        Your Student ID card allows you to: swipe in to record your attendance at lectures

        borrow items from the library

        use the library printing, copying and scanning services

        access certain study rooms and labs

        identify yourself at University exams

        obtain sports and student society memberships

        Also I don’t think these are too expensive. I’ve worked at a lot of places that had security badge swipes at the doors.

        • pousserapiere@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          13 minutes ago

          Thanks for the update. Wow, I’m impressed. For some reason I thought those were passport scanners or something. Still, digitally registering attendance feels quite fancy compared to my experience in more run down universities (not in the UK).

          Anyhow, it’s a bit of a shame that you had to pretend attending lectures for immigration purposes when you were already studying as a researcher

  • Amberskin@europe.pubEnglish
    222·
    14 hours ago

    So they will ‘face’ the same stuff Europeans used to ‘face’ when entering the US.

    So?

    • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      14 hours ago

      What do you mean “so”? It’s just… news. A thing that’s happening that people might want to know about.