You'll be charged to visit Europe from 2023
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The EU will introduce the ETIAS visa waiver authorization program in May 2023. The authorization, which is not a visa, will cost €7 and will be valid for three years.
(CNN) — It's finally here: the end of fee-free travel to the European Union.
The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited visa waiver scheme, ETIAS, to debut in May 2023.
While ETIAS is not the same as a visa -- it is quicker, done online, and requires no biometric information -- there is still a procedure and a cost to acquiring it, rather like the United States' scheme, ESTA.
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