House prices are contributing to France’s fragile housing market recovery, according to the latest market report from ...

Supermarket brand Auchan has confirmed that it plans to sell 91 sites (offering firstly to the Mousquetaires group which runs ...

I have lived in France for 20 years and have a residency card. If my children visit me with their children, i.e my grandchildren, do they all need to register with EES and Etias? Does this include ...

Do EES and Etias apply to visits to Monaco? Yes, because the principality of Monaco is surrounded by French territory. It does not have manned borders with France, nor its own international airport ...

My understanding is that although Ireland is outside Schengen, Irish passport holders do not have to complete the new formalities – is this correct? Yes this is correct – EU citizens are exempt from ...

Is it true that our records will be kept for three years? Does it mean we have to re-register from scratch again then? The EU states that EES database entries of personal and biometric data will be ...

Will people who have already given biometric data in the past – e.g. for a temporary visa that has now expired – be automatically registered in the system, and exempt? No, the fact of having given ...

Are residency card holders concerned if travelling out of or back into France via a different Schengen country? No, people who hold a visa and/or residency permit for France or another Schengen area ...

Will it be a serious issue if you are registered with EES and are found to have ‘overstayed’ in France? It will not necessarily be seen as more serious than now, but it will be flagged up by the ...

What will happen on subsequent entries into the EU after the initial creation of an EES record? We expect to be coming and going regularly as we have a French second home and we also ski in winter.

Who will be able to join ‘EU’ passport lanes and will these be much quicker than ‘other passport’ lanes? EU rules say anyone making use of EU free movement can use ‘EU’ lanes, which would include ...