New 2026 Europe Travel Visa Requirements ETIAS

Today we're going to be talking about something very interesting that I've never seen in my lifetime. Europe is adding a new visa, a seven euro visa that you have to do no matter what as a US passport holder for most of the EU. There's two countries that are accepted right now, which is Ireland and Cyprus, which are out. You can still travel there without this. You're going to have to have this to enter the EU. It's called ETIAS, right? E-T-I-A-S. The European Travel Information Authorization System. So they're starting to roll this out now. I think it's $7, not euros, $7. Travelers under 18 and up to 70. So if you're older than 70 or under 18, you don't need this to enter, but this is for US passport holders. And it also affects 63 other countries. Under the Schengen, 26 countries are there, which I France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. And then two that are out and they're going to be in the next round would be Ireland and Cyprus. This is how it works. I'm eligible. You have to find out if you're eligible, click on this. Form field, so fill out the whole entire form. Then you have the cost, which is 7 euro. So it's not $7. Now they changed it to different places. Crazy. Upon submission, each application will be checked across SIS and BIS, European poll data. So it's like Interpol right here, Interpol. The screening rules as well. ETIAS watch list applications, vast information. Usually 95% of the applicants will receive a decision within minutes. That's great. So you just got to wait a few minutes. Just do it really quick. In a few minutes, you know, you can go through. However, this is documentation for some applicants, of course, maybe, I don't know. I don't know why you need it, but, oh, and this is very interesting. At the very end, it says arrival at the EU. So when you enter, they do have a decision if depending on what they see in the access. So that's crazy. I thought it was super easy to travel to Europe. Now they're going to make it a little harder.