As of 12 October 2025, the new European Entry/Exit System has began operating at the external Schengen borders. In Slovakia, in coordination with other EU Member States, the new system will be gradually implemented.
The EES will progressively replace the practice of manually stamping travel documents with modern electronic registration of data, including biometric identifiers (facial image and fingerprints).
This new system will enhance the security of the European Union as a whole – modernising and streamlining border control procedures, supporting the detection of identity fraud, improving the monitoring of the duration of authorised stays of third-country nationals within Member States.
For further details see: Europe enters a new era of travel: Slovakia, together wit other member states, will launch the ENTRY/EXIT SYSTEM /EES/ on 12 October, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak republic