New form to fill in if travelling to Spain?

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New form to be filled in before you enter Spain: failure to do so -refused entry?

My husband said he heard on the radio yesterday that there's a form now that has to be filled in before you enter Spain and if you don't fill it in you can be refused entry.has anyone else heard this and perhaps shed some light on it?
 
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I've just come back from the Canaries and didn't have to fill out any forms. While there, I saw a headline on one of the UK red-top papers about new security regulations coming into effect in Spain in approx 3 weeks time - sounds very USA-like, the Spanish authorities require detailed information on travellers.

The UK paper was predicting chaos as the package travel companies don't collect enough information to pass it on electronically to the authorities.
 
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A quick Google suggests that new security arrangements and the requirement for preregistering personal details before flying (similar to the US rules) come into force in June 2007.
 
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Apparently it comes into effect on 13th June. The day I fly back from Malaga.:(
 
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so does it affect Irish residents...?
the article just mentions UK
 
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The new rule, issued by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior will
apply only to countries that are not signed up to the Schengen treaty,
an agreement which allows free travel, without presentation of a
passport, between the 15 European countries that are members. The UK
is not a member of this scheme.
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Neither is Ireland, unfortunately for frankmac...

More here.
 
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any idea will the tour operators be sending out the forms or will it be just a case of filling one in at the airport on arrival?

does anyone know?
 
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I have read that Aer Lingus will provide facilities on their website to enable
passengers to enter the details there. Charter flights of course are a
different matter.
 
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lasno said:
I have read that Aer Lingus will provide facilities on their website to enable
passengers to enter the details there. Charter flights of course are a
different matter.
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That's what the airlines do for the US too so one might expect something similar here. Not sure if package operators will also act as intermediaries in collecting this info.
 
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Thanks for all the answers.I'm travelling with Aer Lingus so it looks like i'll be able to fill in online before i go---hopefully !!!!
 
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Pretty shamefull of the Spanish authorities in deciding to discriminate against passengers including fellow EU citizens who don't happen to belong this Schengen gang. So much for free movement of citizens witin the EU. Have just stroked Spain off my holiday destination for this year.
 
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Spain just happens to be the first Schengen country to implement the new rules. All the other Schengen member countries plan to introduce similar rules within the next 12 months, so you will have to wipe a few more countries off your holiday list!
 
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Lasno,
Hopefully Ireland and UK will finally sign up to it, It's a crazy legislation where soon Irish and UK citizens will almost require a "visa" before they travel to any of these countries.
I'll spend my tourist Euro where I'm made welcome
 
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It will be standard practice to provide the information at time of booking. The problem is that any flights booked prior to the new legislation coming out, no info was gathered. This obviously will cause problems at the airport for the first few months but then as all the info is provided beforehand, this will be less of a problem. It will be no real difference from travelling to the USA.
 
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Thedoc said:
Lasno,
Hopefully Ireland and UK will finally sign up to it, It's a crazy legislation where soon Irish and UK citizens will almost require a "visa" before they travel to any of these countries.
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Very unlikely to happen any time soon.
 
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Yeah true Clubman,
both countries have been dragging their feet on this matter.
 
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Can i be so naive as to ask why we're dragging our heels on this?
 
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We won't join until the UK does due to the common travel arrangement between the two jurisdictions. I would imagine that the UK are slow to sign up as with most things involving the EU...
 
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I was told that dublin airport are planning to take the details at check in -could end up with awful delays at the busiest time of the year
 
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