European Union 2025: Biometric Exit/Entry System

About the Entry/Exit System from their own website:

The EU will start operations on 12 october 2025 on a planned and full implemantion by 10 april 2026 of the Entry/Exit System (EES) for biometric in and out scan…

You have the right to:
– request from the controller access to data relating to you.
– Request that inaccurate or incomplete data is corrected
– Request that unlawfully processed personal data are not processed.

The shared Biometric Matching Service (sBMS) will store biometric templates (which are a mathematical representation of the biometric data stored in the Visa Information System, the EES and other EU information systems) enabling searches with biometric data. The EES will use the sBMS for its interoperability with the VIS.

Click here for the website of the Exit/Entry System

✈️ Are you a non-EU national planning to travel to Europe?

The EU’s new automated Entry/Exit System launches on 12 October.

Get ready for smoother and easier travels.

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/TH2vnShuPw#TravelToEurope #EES pic.twitter.com/5cSWrUM9Oa

— Spain MFA (@SpainMFA) October 1, 2025

Attention U.S. citizens! Starting October 12, the European Union is rolling out a new automated Entry/Exit System (EES). U.S. citizens traveling to most European countries should expect new automated border checks and to have their biodata digitally collected upon arrival and… pic.twitter.com/tCWXbFeTT7

— Travel – State Dept (@TravelGov) September 22, 2025