Are you prepared for the EES deadline?
The EU Entry/Exit System regulation deadline is rapidly looming on the horizon. Each Schengen member state must implement solutions to manage entry and exit movements across air, land and sea.
With biometric and biographic identification of third-country nationals being a requirement, how will border authorities enhance border security while optimising screening efficiency?
By working with Vision-Box’s Smart Borders solutions, border authorities will be able to:
- Enhance border clearance efficiency by implementing intuitive and secure traveller experiences rooted in solutions designed for ergonomic transit;
- Improve communication and intelligence sharing between all stakeholders, supported by the Seamless Journey Platform®;
- Optimise resources and traveller throughput by orchestrating real-time multi-source data streams thus enhancing decision-making.
The Finnish Border Guard
The Smart Borders Pioneer
Twenty-nine Schengen member states will introduce the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) soon — a landmark initiative set to replace traditional border controls of Third-Country Nationals with fully digital passenger processing and automated biometric data collection. Finland started this process with Vision-Box in 2019, at Helsinki Airport.
Bulgaria EES Land Border
Within the context of the EU Entry/Exit System (EES), Frontex awarded Vision-Box a trial to implement an innovative pilot solution project at two land borders in Bulgaria. The Frontex pilot went live in June 2021, in partnership with the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior and the Border Police.
The entire process leveraged identity and biometrics tokenisation to digitise the operation. Together with touchless fingerprint sensors for combined verification against the EU EES biometric back-end systems, facial recognition biometrics offered the highest level of convenience for traveller identity proofing.
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Our Digital Identity Management Platform connects travellers and stakeholders from home to destination in a completely frictionless and contactless seamless experience. The journey management services are responsible for orchestrating all interactions, experiences, data, rules, and other key travel attributes, between service enablers and the traveller, in a multilocation and multi-stakeholder ecosystem.
Digital Identity Platform
Biometric Algorithm
For the Registration process, the following solutions are used: Seamless Mobile SDK and the Seamless Kiosk. The Inspector application facilitates real-time monitoring of various aspects of the traveller authentication processes on-site, including biometric and biographic data, travel details, risk profile, travel document authenticity, and biometric match details.
Self-Service Mobile Registration
Self-Service Pre-Registration
Process Monitoring
Process Monitoring
Manual Border Control
Self-Service Automated Border Control
Manual Border Control
The Seamless Journey Platform provides customers with a comprehensive suite of operating and monitoring applications that facilitates real-time intelligence by monitoring performance, allocating resources, configuring settings and ensuring reliability and optimal system efficiency for a traveller-focused journey from home to destination.
Video Management Software
Administration Application
Business Intelligence Application
Touchpoint Management System
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Explore how biometric technology, AI, and advanced data security are revolutionising border control within the Schengen Area.
Discover the impact of the Schengen Entry/Exit System and how European countries are using smart technologies to secure their shared borders and improve connectivity across air, land, and sea.
In the past years, the European Commission has introduced key initiatives to reduce irregular migration, enhance security, and boost trade and tourism across the Schengen Area. Delve into the opportunities and challenges of managing the movement of non-EU citizens (Third Country Nationals) within the Schengen region.
Every day thousands of people enter the EU with border guards working around the clock to protect borders and national security. In 2019 alone, consulate member states processed almost 17 million applications for short-stay visas to the Schengen area submitted by non-EU citizens. Of the 446.8 million people living in the EU, 20.9 million (4.7%) are non-EU citizens.
Crossing borders often brings longer wait times, challenges in managing immigration, and security risks. That's why the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) is raising the bar for border security.
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