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Brexit could change travel patterns

24 Oct 2018
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WITH six months to go until

the UK is due to leave the

EU, how travellers, and UK

and EU passport holders in

particular, will be affected

remains unclear.

In the Brexit White Paper,

Britain has proposed

reciprocal visa-free travel

arrangements to enable UK

and EU citizens to continue

to travel freely for tourism in

the future.

However, if no deal

is reached, the EU has

indicated that British

passport holders may have

to apply on the European

Travel Information and

Authorisation System

(ETIAS) for an electronic visa

exemption similar to the

current UK-US ESTA system.

These currently cost around

€7 (R118).

Locally, there may also be

a shift in airlines’ booking

patterns as UK and EU

passport holders living in

South Africa may elect to

fly directly to Europe or the

UK via an African or Middle

Eastern carrier to avoid the

additional admin and cost of

applying for various ETIASs.

British passports are likely

to lose all rights associated

with EU membership but will

continue to be valid travel

documents.

British passport holders

with less than a year on their

passports are being advised

to renew. If no Brexit deal is

reached, passport holders

will be considered ‘third

country’ nationals and will

require six months’ validity

on their passports to enter

the EU.

This month, the validity

period of British passports

was changed to conform with

the Schengen border code

which does not recognise

passports valid for more

than 10 years (passports

that have been renewed a

few months before expiry).

This process is expected

to delay passport renewals

which normally take

approximately three weeks to

renew.

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