The EU Will Require Electronic Travel Authorisation in 2025
In 2025 the EU will introduce ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System), its own version of the USA’s visa waiver program, ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization), for travellers into any EU state from any location, with a passport or biometric EU resident permit as appropriate to the traveller.
International travel allows 90 day trips for family or business reasons without residency permits or tax registration.
Schengen zone rules limit travellers, nomads, business trips and longer holiday stays to 90 day stay in 180 days. More frequent stays or trips require an EU residency permit for that state.
This does not apply to countries outside the Schengen zone including UK and Cyprus.
Stays more than 180 days in any year always require a tax residency. When Living and Working Abroad in one country for more that 180 days in a year or carrying out economic activity long term tax registration is required. This could included worldwide income.
UK & USA
UK citizens have 154 visa free travel destinations worldwide including those in the EU.
Passports are required for those cross border trips.
Visas may be required country by country for short work or business trips or longer holiday stays.
In 2021 vaccine and health verifications are required certainly in the short term, and maybe longer, to cross borders.
The USA also require any visitor for any period to have an ESTA. This electronic travel authority must be applied for and approved before travel to the USA and you won’t be allowed in without it. Or even board.
These are not visas, but an additional requirement to passports. Much as additional vaccine verifications are currently required.
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