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Countries requiring ETIAS: traveller guide.

ETIAS is not a single-country visa. It is a travel authorisation framework for visa-exempt travel to 30 European countries requiring ETIAS.

hubReviewed May 15, 2026

Current ETIAS position

Verified on May 15, 2026. ETIAS is not currently in operation, no applications are being collected yet, and the expected start window remains last quarter of 2026.

How to use country pages

Use these pages to confirm whether the destination is inside the ETIAS framework, then check whether your nationality and trip purpose make ETIAS relevant.

  • ETIAS is tied to the traveller and passport, not only to one country.
  • Multi-country trips require checking the full itinerary.
  • Ireland is not part of the ETIAS country list.