Over 150 fake ETIAS websites: what visiting family and friends need to know about ETIAS and EES (October 2026)
ETIAS, the EU's travel authorisation, has not started yet — but more than 150 websites claim to sell it, some charging €50 to €178. Meanwhile EES, which records visitors' faces and fingerprints at the border, is fully running and causing waits of one to two hours at Schiphol. Here is what applies to residents, what applies to visiting family and friends, and how to spot a fake.