Paperwork needed besides ETA for UK and US passport?

[swimfin]

Hello! Thankfully, in another thread, a poster alerted me to needing an ETA to enter the UK! If I am taking the transatlantic cruise starting in Southampton stopping in Spain and Portugal and I get off the ship, will I need any other paperwork? We are doing tours through DCL, so I know I’m covered there, but in Madeira I might do things in the town and don’t want to run into issues getting on and off the ship. Cheers!

 

[Mommb]

There is an additional form that will be needed for the Schengen Area countries in Europe (including Spain and Portugal), but it will not be needed for US citizens until sometime in late 2026.

Starting in October 2025, US citizens will have fingerprints and photos taken upon entry into Schengen Area countries, but that does not involve advance planning.

 

[Geomom]

When is the cruise? ETA needed for UK. ETIAS for Schengen zone of Europe keeps being delayed, currently set to start last quarter of 2026.

 

[swimfin]

When is the cruise? ETA needed for UK. ETIAS for Schengen zone of Europe keeps being delayed, currently set to start last quarter of 2026.

I’m sailing this Nov 2025

 

[swimfin]

There is an additional form that will be needed for the Schengen Area countries in Europe (including Spain and Portugal), but it will not be needed for US citizens until sometime in late 2026.

Starting in October 2025, US citizens will have fingerprints and photos taken upon entry into Schengen Area countries, but that does not involve advance planning.

THANK YOU!

 

[Girl of the South]

Wow! First I have heard of the fingerprint thing! Thanks for the heads up! I read that it will be phased in over 6 months in larger airports and ports. I doubt any of the port stops in this years TA will be equipped to do it.

Used to be very easy to go to Europe and stay many months. No one cared.

The ETIAS had been coming for a decade, hasn’t it?