Greece suspends EES biometric checks for UK visitors
The EU’s new Entry-Exit System (EES) became operational across 29 Schengen Zone countries on 10 April. But the Greek Embassy said in an update on its website on Friday 17 April that British passport holders arriving in Greece would not have to submit biometric data for now.
They gave no indication of how long the EES exemption would continue for.
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