BRITS entering Portugal will still have to queue at the airport – despite hoping to be expedited.
This comes just days after it was announced that UK holidaymakers will be treated the same as EU citizens in Portugal with its airport electronic gates open to Britons.
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This means that Britons holding e-passports will be able to avoid long queues for manual checks – as previously required by Brexit – and instead use e-gates when arriving in Lisbon, Faro, Porto and Funchal in Madeira.
However, while this will certainly speed up the journey through the passport, passengers will still have to go through passport control to get stamped.
This is since the UK left the EU, with the British ahead have an arrival and departure stamp from any EU country due to its classification as a third country.
Britons who disregard this second part of the registration risk could run into problems later.
A woman was even prevented from entering Spain after she failed to get a departure stamp – and staff thought she was overstayed.
Portugal is the first country to abandon the European policy of manual checks at airports and will instead welcome all three million British visitors a year through special electronic door channels.
It is thought the move could prompt other EU countries such as France and Spain to follow suit.
To give an extra boost to Brits hoping to holiday in Portugal, they no longer having to wear face masks indoorsafter the country announced that they would be abandoned.
Portugal has also ended the requirement to complete passenger locator forms for people traveling to the country.
If you feel like going there, you can spend three nights with return flights in the Algarve for just £69.
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