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How to spot an unofficial ETIAS website

There is only one official ETIAS website, run by the European Union: travel-europe.europa.eu/etias. As of 9 November 2026, it accepts no applications, because ETIAS is not in operation. Any site that takes your money for ETIAS today is selling a service the EU is not providing.

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Based on official EU sourcesLast fact-checked 9 November 2026Last updated 9 November 2026

Why so many sites

ETIAS has been announced for years, with a well-known name and a large audience of travellers. Commercial intermediaries have registered many domain names containing “etias”, often with European colours and official-sounding wording. Some sell a real paid service (filling in the form for you once ETIAS opens); others collect fees and personal data with nothing to deliver. The EU itself warns that commercial intermediaries operate many unofficial websites.

Our own name contains “etias” too. That is why we state on every page that we are not an official website, that we do not process applications and that we sell nothing.

Seven warning signs

1. The address is not on europa.eu. The official site is on the europa.eu domain. A domain ending in .com, .org, .eu.com, .info or a country code is not the EU.
2. The site takes payment today. ETIAS is not open: no application can be paid for legitimately.
3. The price is above €20. The EU fee is €20, or nothing for under-18s and over-70s. Anything more is a service charge.
4. It calls ETIAS a “visa” or an “e-visa”. ETIAS is not a visa. This wording is often used to sound official or to justify a high price.
5. It promises “guaranteed approval” or “priority processing”. Nobody can guarantee an EU decision or buy priority in the system.
6. It asks for scans of your passport or documents now. There is nothing to submit today. Do not send identity documents to a site you do not know.
7. It uses EU flags and logos to look official, or hides who runs it. Look for the legal notice: company, country, registration number.

If you have already paid

• Contact your bank and ask about a chargeback for a service not delivered. Keep the confirmation email, the website address and screenshots.
• Report the site to your national consumer protection authority, and to the European Consumer Centre of your country if you are in the EU.
• If you sent passport scans, watch for identity fraud attempts and consider reporting the passport details to the issuing authority if you believe they are misused.

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Once ETIAS opens

Type the address yourself or go through the europa.eu portal, rather than clicking on a sponsored search result. The official fee will be €20. If you choose to use an intermediary, you are free to do so, but check what they charge on top of the EU fee and who they are.