Flying to Paris or Berlin? U.S. Citizens Will Soon Need EU Permits
- State Department cites EU decision to begin screening in 2021
- About 60 percent head to continental Europe’s big four nations
Border passport control at Orly airport, near Paris.
Photographer: Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty images
U.S. citizens will need permits to travel to the European Union starting in 2021 and they’re being urged to get ready.
Buying the three-year authorization for a planned 7-euro ($7.90) fee will be “super quick and easy” and will allow Americans to travel freely throughout 26 European countries, though it doesn’t include the U.K. and Ireland, according to etiasvisa.com, a Madrid-based travel site. Reacting to news reports based on the site, the U.S. State Department cautioned that the EU isn’t requiring visas.