The new scheme will be called the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (Etias).
Currently, visitors from the UK can visit the EU’s borderless Schengen area for up to 90 days every 180 days without a visa.
This is also the case for citizens of more than 60 non-EU countries, including the US, Japan and Australia.
Under the Etias scheme, this will change.
Visitors from the non-EU countries on the list will need to apply for a visa waiver to travel to the EU for the same duration of 90 days every 180 days. Longer stays will require a visa.
The document will be checked by border guards when crossing the EU border.
The full list of non-EU countries eligible for Etias is published by the EU, external.
The visa waiver will last for three years and allow an unlimited number of visits.
It will be linked to your passport, so if your passport expires in less than three years, you will need to apply for a new Etias when you get a new one.
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