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Offline Maik

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Visit Europe for a tenner
« on: Monday, 14 November, 2016 @ 17:31:26 »
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EU ministers to discuss plan to charge Britons to visit Europe after Brexit

A European plan under which Britons will face a £10 charge to travel to the EU after Brexit is to be discussed by interior ministers this week.

The plan for a European version of the US visa waiver programme has already won the backing of the British diplomat now in charge of European security.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/14/eu-ministers-to-discuss-plan-to-charge-britons-to-visit-europe-after-brexit

Offline pete.c

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, 15 November, 2016 @ 12:53:49 »
Is that the best threat they can come up with ?

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, 15 November, 2016 @ 16:17:14 »
Unlikely to ever happen, because it would have to be ratified by all countries in the bloc. A country like Greece, that relies on tourism, will not want to discourage their British visitors.

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, 15 November, 2016 @ 16:25:07 »
I wouldn't mind using the Other Passports queue, especially at Gatwick where the EU Passport Holder's queue is always so much busier than the alternative.

It'll be a bonus rather than a deterrent, a Customs equivalent of Speedy Boarding

Offline TonyKath

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, 15 November, 2016 @ 20:52:39 »
I wouldn't mind using the Other Passports queue, especially at Gatwick where the EU Passport Holder's queue is always so much busier than the alternative.

It'll be a bonus rather than a deterrent, a Customs equivalent of Speedy Boarding

Er... do you think they might just switch the signs over...?!  ;)

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, 15 November, 2016 @ 22:49:24 »
You mean combine EU and Other, and have a UK Passport Holders only channel?
The potential side effects of Brexit just get better and better.

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, 16 November, 2016 @ 15:07:46 »
And we can always charge £10 to EU, USA, Chinese etc. visitors

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #7 on: Thursday, 17 November, 2016 @ 15:49:54 »
Reported on BBC news that it would cost 5 euros and would last 10 years. The 5 euro visa will apply to all non EU visitors.

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #8 on: Thursday, 17 November, 2016 @ 18:43:33 »
It would cost that to collect it and check on arrival and imagine the queues at Kef airport. :blink:

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #9 on: Friday, 18 November, 2016 @ 12:15:22 »
I don’t think it will be an actual piece of paper that you carry around. Just recently completed a visa application for Australia, it was all completed on line, the ok came through within a couple of hours and the visa is electronically attached to your passport, very simple, no papers to get lost.

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #10 on: Friday, 18 November, 2016 @ 15:16:57 »
Will the replacement English passports (I know, but I'm pre-judging Wee Jimmy Krankie's achievements) have Electronic capabilities rather than simply best quality British leather, card and paper?

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #11 on: Friday, 18 November, 2016 @ 17:06:23 »
Peidiwch ag anghofio Cymru

The Welsh want the classy passport back too  ;)

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #12 on: Friday, 18 November, 2016 @ 18:08:49 »
I don’t think it will be an actual piece of paper that you carry around. Just recently completed a visa application for Australia, it was all completed on line, the ok came through within a couple of hours and the visa is electronically attached to your passport, very simple, no papers to get lost.

Pete
Electronic attachment isn't a lot of use at Kef airport currently where the passports are manually examined other than scanned. Does this mean you have inside information on the new facilities that the German owners are going to put in? 

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Re: Visit Europe for a tenner
« Reply #13 on: Friday, 18 November, 2016 @ 19:09:43 »
Will the replacement English passports (I know, but I'm pre-judging Wee Jimmy Krankie's achievements) have Electronic capabilities rather than simply best quality British leather, card and paper?

Vellum, surely!  ;)

Tony