House prices are contributing to France’s fragile housing market recovery, according to the latest market report from ...

I have residency permission for Sweden. Will I be required to complete EES registration/Etias authorisation when entering France from a non-EU country such as the UK or will my Swedish residency ...

What will happen on subsequent entries into the EU after the initial creation of an EES record? We expect to be coming and going regularly as we have a French second home and we also ski in winter.

Who will be able to join ‘EU’ passport lanes and will these be much quicker than ‘other passport’ lanes? EU rules say anyone making use of EU free movement can use ‘EU’ lanes, which would include ...

I have lived in France for 20 years and have a residency card. If my children visit me with their children, i.e my grandchildren, do they all need to register with EES and Etias? Does this include ...

Is it true that our records will be kept for three years? Does it mean we have to re-register from scratch again then? The EU states that EES database entries of personal and biometric data will be ...

My understanding is that although Ireland is outside Schengen, Irish passport holders do not have to complete the new formalities – is this correct? Yes this is correct – EU citizens are exempt from ...

Are residency card holders concerned if travelling out of or back into France via a different Schengen country? No, people who hold a visa and/or residency permit for France or another Schengen area ...

Supermarket brand Auchan has confirmed that it plans to sell 91 sites (offering firstly to the Mousquetaires group which runs ...

Do EES and Etias apply to visits to Monaco? Yes, because the principality of Monaco is surrounded by French territory. It does not have manned borders with France, nor its own international airport ...

France does not have a special immigration/residency status for second-home owners. If you are a non-EU national and are coming into France from outside the Schengen area you will be subject to EES as ...

A study by French fintech company Green-Got (and shared by specialist money website Moneyvox) shows that people in France save on average €5,650 per year, but that the amount saved can vary by up to ...