Our editorial policy

Who produces these pages

ETIAS Pro is an independent publisher, not the EU and not a law firm. Our editor is Jonathan Greenfield, who is responsible for our editorial standards and for corrections.

We keep the writing plain and point you to the official source for anything that depends on your circumstances. Every page shows the date it was last updated, so you can see how current it is.

How our news works

Our news covers ETIAS, the Entry/Exit System and the Schengen entry rules that affect visa-exempt travellers. Articles are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools, working to a written editorial standard. Each story starts from a primary source we have opened, such as the official EU portal, the European Commission, Frontex, eu-LISA, EU law on EUR-Lex or a national authority. Press reports are used for leads and attribution only. Every outside fact links to the page it came from, and the sources box lists only pages we actually opened.

Before anything publishes, automated checks block withdrawn launch dates, out-of-date fees, unattributed forecasts and any suggestion that ETIAS is already taking applications, and each outside claim is checked against the page it cites. The EU has not announced an ETIAS launch date, so we always say so, and we label press expectations as reporting. Each article shows when it was published and when it was last updated.

The sources we track

We build every page from primary, official sources first, and use reputable travel and consumer reporting only to add context. The main sources we monitor are:

• The official EU ETIAS website (travel-europe.europa.eu), for status, fee and rules.
• The European Commission’s home affairs pages, for ETIAS and the Entry/Exit System (EES).
• Frontex, the EU border agency, for security guidance and warnings about unofficial sites.
• National government travel advice, such as GOV.UK, for nationality and route-specific points.

How often we review

Because ETIAS has not launched yet, dates and details can move. We re-check the official sources on a regular cycle and after any major announcement, then update the affected pages. When we change a page, its “Updated” date moves to that day, and where the change is material we note it on our ETIAS status page. Separately, the core ETIAS facts used across the site (status, fee, validity and the 90/180 rule) are re-checked against official sources on their own regular cycle. They were last checked on 19 October 2026, the date shown at the foot of every page.

How we handle corrections

We would rather be corrected than be wrong. If you spot something out of date or inaccurate, email hello@etiaspro.comand we will check it against the official source and fix it if needed. Material corrections move the page’s “Updated” date. On news articles we fix the same page and add a dated “Updated” note at the top saying what changed. We never give an old article a new publish date, and when events overtake a story we add a notice pointing to the current position rather than rewriting history.

Our independence

ETIAS Pro is privately owned. It takes no money from the EU or any government, carries no advertising and is not paid to recommend any third party. After ETIAS opens we plan to offer an optional, paid application-support service; our news and guides will never present paid help as a substitute for the free official EU route, which is always where an ETIAS is issued. You can read more about who we are on our about page, and why we are not the EU on is ETIAS Pro official?