What a complete non event.
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There will be 61 nationalities who need to apply for an ETIAS from the end of 2022 before travelling to EU countries. This includes travellers from the US, Australia, and Japan, as well as British citizens.
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So hardly a "Punish the UK".
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The European Commission has offered free travel for UK travellers who go to EU countries for short stays, as long as the UK agrees to do the same for EU nationals. If the UK accepts this offer, it will still be necessary to complete the ETIAS application though there would not be a fee.
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Most likely we will take this up.
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Whether a bilateral agreement is reached or not, the EU has said that applicants under 18 or over 70 will not have to pay for an ETIAS visa waiver.
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So adults only, not children.
For most people, all this will affect is their holidays.
Assuming for a minute that everyone stopped going to the EU for a holiday, then all that would punish is the EU, not the UK.
In reality, no one is going to care about paying it, everyone does it for holidays to Florida, and no one complains about it "hurting".
I dislike the EU as much as many, and I am glad to be rid of them, but trying to make this a brexit issue is pure desperation by some.