EU EES with EU and British passport holders Lanzarote

[gotoPzero]

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I have a British PP and my wife has an Irish PP.
In the past travelling to Spain I would go with her in the EU line, but its been quite a while since we have been to Spain and they started with this new EES in November. Will we have to split up as from what I have read online she does not need to do the EES scan?

Edited by gotoPzero on Monday 15th December 16:18

[rdjohn]

EU freedoms of movement allows third-country family members to travel freely with their EU partners. Just assert your rights. I have a fiend in the same position and he just breezes through with her.

I returned from Spain on Saturday and as we have visas were allowed to pass through the EU line at Malaga airport.

[worsy]

rdjohn said:

EU freedoms of movement allows third-country family members to travel freely with their EU partners. Just assert your rights. I have a fiend in the same position and he just breezes through with her.

I returned from Spain on Saturday and as we have visas were allowed to pass through the EU line at Malaga airport.

This. From experience the queues are set up in a way that allows the British passport holder to effectively join the queue at the front.

[gotoPzero]

rdjohn said:

EU freedoms of movement allows third-country family members to travel freely with their EU partners. Just assert your rights. I have a fiend in the same position and he just breezes through with her.

I returned from Spain on Saturday and as we have visas were allowed to pass through the EU line at Malaga airport.

Was EES in force though? I dont think all Airports have it?

As I have not done EES before then I presume I will need to do it still? Where as my wife wont?

Its all very confusing!

[rdjohn]

gotoPzero said:

rdjohn said:

EU freedoms of movement allows third-country family members to travel freely with their EU partners. Just assert your rights. I have a fiend in the same position and he just breezes through with her.

I returned from Spain on Saturday and as we have visas were allowed to pass through the EU line at Malaga airport.

Was EES in force though? I dont think all Airports have it?

As I have not done EES before then I presume I will need to do it still? Where as my wife wont?

Its all very confusing!

Yes, it was at Malaga. U.K. passports were required to register, with helpful staff in blue coats on hand to assist. and then they also joined the EU queue.

The normal 3rd country nationals queue was actually quite short. Monday was a national holiday in Spain and so there were lots of Spaniards leaving.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

I (my son and my daughter) have a UK and a German passport, my wife only has a German passport. With these sorts of things it often varies from airport to airport, the short answer is to follow whichever applicable signage you see on the relevant passport control queue.

[gotoPzero]

rdjohn said:

gotoPzero said:

rdjohn said:

EU freedoms of movement allows third-country family members to travel freely with their EU partners. Just assert your rights. I have a fiend in the same position and he just breezes through with her.

I returned from Spain on Saturday and as we have visas were allowed to pass through the EU line at Malaga airport.

Was EES in force though? I dont think all Airports have it?

As I have not done EES before then I presume I will need to do it still? Where as my wife wont?

Its all very confusing!

Yes, it was at Malaga. U.K. passports were required to register, with helpful staff in blue coats on hand to assist. and then they also joined the EU queue.

The normal 3rd country nationals queue was actually quite short. Monday was a national holiday in Spain and so there were lots of Spaniards leaving.

OK cheers

[Mortarboard]

Barcelona Airport allowed my US PP holding work colleague to use the EU lane with me in March of this year.

Thought he couldn't, but officer directed him to process with me

M.

[craig1912]

I’ve got a UK and Irish passport, Wife just UK. We are off to Lisbon next month and thinking of using my UK passport to get the initial formalities over with. Going forward in the EU I will use my Irish passport and my wife can go through the EU channel with me. Reasonable strategy?

[Opapayer]

craig1912 said:

I ve got a UK and Irish passport, Wife just UK. We are off to Lisbon next month and thinking of using my UK passport to get the initial formalities over with. Going forward in the EU I will use my Irish passport and my wife can go through the EU channel with me. Reasonable strategy?

What initial formalities?

[craig1912]

Opapayer said:

What initial formalities?

The fingerprints/photo etc. I understood this was done only once unless you changed your passport or every three years?

[Opapayer]

I’d just use your Irish passport all the time and let your wife join you in the EU queue. Saves all the hassle now and later.

[gotoPzero]

An update for anyone who is effected.

You cant - repeat cant - use the EU line any more. Not at Lanzarote anyway.

It rejects you and you have to go to the outside EU line. "error passport out of area" or words to that effect.

So if you are first time with EES.

Go to EES scanner and register your passport - fingerprints and face photo.
Then go down the outside EU line and scan your passport at the barrier.
Then you get stamped in as normal with a rubber stamp by a human.

Meanwhile EU passport holder just goes down the EU line, gets scanned and walks into baggage hall.

[worsy]

craig1912 said:

Opapayer said:

What initial formalities?

The fingerprints/photo etc. I understood this was done only once unless you changed your passport or every three years?

Why would you not just use your EU passport?