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14th Dec 2018

This is how much it will cost to visit the EU after Brexit

Free movement is overrated

Oli Dugmore

SHOREHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: A UK Border sign is seen at Brighton City airport on October 10, 2016 in Shoreham, England. Luxembourg's prime minister Xavier Bettel has proposed that the EU should suspend all of its free movement rules for 24 hours to prove to Britain the value of visa-free travel. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Free movement is overrated

British travellers will have to pay €7 (£6.30) in order to travel visa-free in the EU once we leave.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker confirmed the fee would come into force from 2021.

Brits will also need to pre-register for the electronic visa waiver which lasts for three years.

The draft agreement for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU says: “The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) will apply to United Kingdom nationals once union law on free movement of union citizens ceases to apply to them, as to other visa-free third country nationals”

A Commission source told Sky News: “”Once ETIAS enters into operation, all visa-exempt non-EU nationals who plan to travel to the Schengen area will have to apply via ETIAS,”

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