Why these items

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- Issue date and expiry: the 10-year rule cannot be waived; the 3-month rule only in a justified emergency. Airlines check both at check-in and can refuse boarding.
- 90/180 count: EES counts days exactly and flags an overstay at exit. There are no stamps to rely on.
- Cyprus and Ireland: both are outside Schengen, so days there don't count toward 90/180, and they set their own entry rules.
- ETIAS status: many look-alike sites already sell an "ETIAS" that doesn't exist yet.
- Insurance, tickets, funds, bookings: a border guard may ask for any of them. Entry isn't automatic.
- Exemption proof: without it an officer may register you in EES by mistake.
- Extra time: first registration takes minutes per person. The summer suspension of biometrics at busy crossings expired 6 September 2026.
- Fingerprints and facial image: biometrics are a condition of entry. Refusing them means refused entry.
- Exit proof: a missing exit record looks like an overstay. Boarding passes are your evidence for a correction.
- Emergency near day 90: an extension has to be requested before the days run out.