I-European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), ehlelelwe uNovemba 2023, izoqala ukusebenza ngo-2024 ngemuva kokuhlehliswa okunye.
Lolu hlelo lwamabhasi luzothuthukisa ezokuphepha emazweni asendaweni ye-Schengen yaseYurophu futhi luzolawula ukungena kwabahambi abavela emazweni angenayo i-visa. I-ETIAS 2024 izoqinisa imingcele yaseYurophu futhi isize ukulwa nobuphekula futhi ithuthukise ukuphathwa kokufuduka.
Izidingo kanye nenqubo yokufaka isicelo semvume entsha yaseYurophu
Cishe amazwe angama-60 njengamanje akhululekile ukuya emazweni aseSchengen. Lokhu kuhlanganisa amazwe anjengeMexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, United States noma Canada, phakathi kwamanye.
Lapho i-ETIAS iqala ukusebenza, abantu bamazwe afanelekayo kufanele bathole le mvume ngaphambi kokufika kwabo e-Europe.
Abahambi kuzodingeka bagcwalise ifomu eliku-inthanethi futhi bakhokhe imali ukuze bathole ukugunyazwa kwe-ETIAS. Izinga lizoba yisibopho kulabo abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-18 ubudala, abangaphezu kwabancane bazokhululwa ekukhokhweni.
Uhlelo luzoqinisekisa ngokuzenzakalelayo ulwazi olunikeziwe futhi, ezimweni eziningi, luzokhipha ukugunyazwa kungakapheli imizuzu. Ezimweni ezingavamile, impendulo ingase ithathe amahora angu-72.
Ifomu eliyinhloko lihlanganisa ulwazi lomuntu siqu, imininingwane yepasipoti, imininingwane yokuxhumana, umlando wokuqashwa, amarekhodi obugebengu kanye nezindaba zokuphepha ezingaba khona. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izobuza mayelana nenkokhelo yokuqala ye-Schengen ehlelelwe ukuvakashelwa.
Ukuvikelwa kwedatha kanye nobumfihlo
I-ETIAS yakhelwe ngokulandela imithetho ye-EU yokuvikela idatha, efana neGeneral Data Protection Regulation (RGPD). Uhlelo luqinisekisa ubumfihlo babenzi bezicelo kanye nokuvikeleka kolwazi lomuntu siqu.
Ulwazi oluqoqwe yi-ETIAS luzofinyeleleka kuphela iziphathimandla ezinekhono, njenge-European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), Europol kanye neziphathimandla zikazwelonke Zamazwe Angamalungu e-Schengen. Lezi ziphathimandla zizosebenzisa kuphela idatha enezinhlawulo zokuphepha nokulawula ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe.
Idatha izogcinwa isikhathi esilinganiselwe futhi izosuswa ngokuzenzakalelayo ngemva kweminyaka emi-5 kusukela ngesinqumo sokugcina sokugunyaza noma ukwenqaba imvume.
Umthelela wohlelo lwe-European visa waiver
Uhlelo lokuyeka i-visa luzohlala lusebenza emazweni ahlomulayo, kodwa ukwethulwa kwe-ETIAS kwengeza ukulawula nokuphepha okwengeziwe.
Lolu hlelo ngeke luthathe indawo yokuyekwa kwe-visa, kodwa kunalokho lugcwalise futhi luthuthukise izinqubo ezikhona zokwengeza ukuhlolwa kwangaphambi kokufika kwabahambi.
Izinzuzo zendawo ye-Schengen
I-ETIAS izokwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuqinisa imingcele ye-Schengen, kanye nokulwa nobuphekula kanye nokwenza ngcono ukuphathwa kokufuduka. Ngokufanayo, kuzokwenza kube lula ukuhlonzwa kwentuthuko engenzeka ngaphambi kokuba baye endaweni yaseYurophu, okuzoba nomthelela ekugcineni ukuphepha kwezakhamuzi ezivakashela lapho.
Ezinye izinzuzo ukuthi inikeza ulwazi olubalulekile kuziphathimandla zaseYurophu ukuze zithuthukise izinqubomgomo nezinhlelo zokuphatha imingcele.
Izophinde ivumele amalungu e-EU ukuthi abelane ngolwazi ngendlela ephumelelayo nedidiyelwe, okwandisa ukubambisana phakathi kweziphathimandla zikazwelonke.
Imiphumela yabahambi abangenayo i-visa
Ngokucabangela isidingo sokuthola ukugunyazwa kwe-ETIAS, abahambi abavela emazweni angenayo i-visa bazojabulela ukukhululeka kokuvakashela amazwe amaningi aseYurophu.
Inqubo yesicelo se-ETIAS izoshesha futhi isheshe, futhi ukugunyazwa kuzovame ukuqinisekiswa iminyaka engu-3 noma kusheshise ukwamukelwa kwepasipoti, kuye ngokuthi ikuphi okuqala kuqala. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abahambi bangakwazi ukungena okuningi endaweni ye-Schengen ngesikhathi sokugunyazwa kwabo.
Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukugunyazwa kwe-ETIAS akuqinisekisi ukungena ngokuzenzakalelayo endaweni, izikhulu zasemngceleni kuphela ezizoba nezwi lokugcina ekunqumeni ukuthi zivumele noma zingavumeli ukungena kwesihambi.
Amalungiselelo ngaphambi kokuqaliswa kwemvume
Ukuqinisekisa uguquko olungenazihibe, iziphathimandla ze-Schengen namazwe angenayo i-visa asebenzisana eduze ekusetshenzisweni kwe-ETIAS.
Ohulumeni bala mazwe kufanele bazise izakhamuzi zabo ngohlelo olusha nezimfuneko zalo ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi abahambi bayalungiswa ngaphambi kokuba luqale ukusebenza.
Imikhankaso yolwazi nokuqwashisa iyenziwa ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni wonke ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi abahambi bayazazi izinguquko nezimfuneko ze-ETIAS.
Le mikhankaso ihlanganisa ukuthumela imininingwane kumawebhusayithi kahulumeni, izinkundla zokuxhumana, neminye imidiya.
Ukwengeza, i-EU itshala imali emandleni abasebenzi bayo nasekuthuthukiseni ingqalasizinda yayo ukuze iqinisekise ukuthi i-ETIAS isebenza kahle futhi ngokwehlukana. Lokhu kubandakanya ukuqeqeshwa kwezikhulu zemingcele kanye nabasebenzi bezinhlaka ezithintekayo ekuphathweni kwalolu hlelo.
Iseluleko sabahambi ngaphambi nangemva kokuqaliswa kwemvume entsha yaseYurophu
Abahambi kufanele baqaphele izinguquko kwimithethonqubo yokuya eYurophu, okuhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-ETIAS. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela izibuyekezo ezivela kuziphathimandla futhi uxhumane nemithombo ethembekile yolwazi, njengamawebhusayithi kahulumeni namanxusa.
Ngaphambi kokufaka isicelo sokugunyazwa kwe-ETIAS, abahambi kufanele baqinisekise ukuthi ipasipoti yabo isemthethweni ubuncane bezinyanga ezi-3 kusukela ngosuku okuhloswe ngalo ukuhamba. Uma ipasipoti isiseduze nosuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi, kuhle ukuthi uyivuselele ngaphambi kokufaka isicelo semvume.
Abahambi kufanele balungiselele imininingwane edingekayo ukuze bagcwalise ifomu lesicelo le-ETIAS, elihlanganisa isango, i-akhawunti ye-imeyili esebenzayo, kanye nekhadi lesikweletu noma lasebhange. Lokhu kuzokwenza inqubo yesicelo ibe lula futhi kunciphise amathuba okuba namaphutha angase ahlehlise ukugunyazwa.
Nakuba izicelo eziningi ze-ETIAS zizocutshungulwa emizuzwini embalwa, ezinye zingathatha isikhathi eside, ikakhulukazi uma udinga ulwazi olwengeziwe noma kunezinkinga ngesicelo. Ngakho-ke, abahambi bayelulekwa ukuthi bafake isicelo sokugunyazwa kwabo kwe-ETIAS kusenesikhathi ukuze bagweme izinkinga ezingase zibe khona ngaphambi kohambo lwabo.
