new VISA requirement for Europe 2025?

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On 8/25/2024 at 3:49 PM, edinburgher said:

but I THINK the "free for over 70s"    has perhaps or perhaps not, yet to be clarified as to whether payment is exempt from age 70 or whether it is exempt only from age 71 upwards

 

The EU regulation on ETIAS is Regulation 2018/1240 Regulation - 2018/1240 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu) and it says - 

 

The travel authorisation fee shall be waived for applicants under 18 years or above 70 years of age at the time of the application.

 

If you applied the day after your 70th birthday then you would be above 70 years old at that time, but irrespective of that, undoubtably the system which you will need to apply through will determine whether a fee is payable or not.

[sleepingcat]

There has been recent discussion of the two new and separate requirements on a different board with reference to UK cruisers, however as UK is now no longer in the EU, the requirements apply to us also.  Here is the link, and scroll down to post number 23 for a concise and comprehensive explanation of how cruises will and will not be impacted. 

I found this so useful that Ive downloaded most of it and printed it off.