Thanks for this update!

We've had Easy-Pass RTP a few years now but got new passports in 2021. We plan to update our enrollment with the new passports while in MUC next month.

Anybody have specific details on where the enrollment office is in BER, beyond what is listed at https://www.easypass.de/EasyPass/EN/...pass_node.html

I'll have about one hour between scheduled arrival and my train departure so I don't have a ton of time to spend looking for it.

Once you leave the baggage claim area look for "Depature" signs, you have to go up one level ( train station would be down one level ). Once you're in the main departure hall look for the empore at the end of the hall, above security checkpoints 2/3/4. The border police station is up there.
Hint: look for the Starbucks signs, the police station is to the left of the starbucks.

How long is EasyPass valid for once you're enrolled? I joined in NOV19- hoping it still works on my upcoming trip (although pre-Covid I only had a ~50% success rate)

“If you complete the procedure successfully, you will be able to use EasyPASS-RTP instantly and for the remaining validity of your ePassport.”

https://www.easypass.de/EasyPass/EN/.../rtp_node.html

Hey, I am looking to apply for this. I found this information on the website for the Cologne airport (next DE airport I will be at):

Cologne/Bonn Airport, Terminal 1, Stairway 5, Level 0
Joint Police Station Federal Police/State Police

Opening hours: 24/7

Phone: 0049 (0) 2203-9522-2030
E-mail: [email protected]

This seems a bit...too good to be true? 24/7 opening access? Do you guys believe that you can apply at any hour of the day still for EasyPass? Or do you think there are sub-hours for it?

Just drop in and ask... either you will find a stressed officer who doesn't have time for such things or a very bored officer who is happy to do something different to kill time.

I had the paperwork filled out in advance, so it took about 2 minutes. Not sure if having registered previously expedited the process, but with a new passport it was necessary to sign up again anyway.

Was there week before last, with paperwork filled in prior to arriving. It helped speed things along (or at least they appreciated it). I was in a line with 4+ in front of me, but even then was pretty quick. The Border Guard even joked as he finished processing me that the binder was full so no more applicants (I'm pretty sure he was joking).

I used it a couple of days later to leave FRA and it worked no problem.

Do you mind clarifying where the SkyTrain stop is when you exited the terminal? I never use the SkyTrain at FRA so not familiar with it. When I last used the EasyPass-RTP enrollment center it was near the First Class check-in area. I think it's moved to the SkyTrain (wherever that is). Is it easy to find from the main terminal?

Thanks,
-RM

If you are landside and facing the entrance for the B gates, there is a station to your left.

Go up one set of escalators to the mezzanine level.

There is a bank on your left, the Bundespolizei is on your right.

It seems that certain countries like the US are now integrated into the new departure gate system: in MUC T1 US citzens are requested to use the egates when leaving the schengen area. In order to be ready for the new EES the German federal police has procured 170 'easykiosk' terminals from Secunet, 4 of which are already running as a pilot in FRA T2:
https://www.secunet.com/loesungen/easykiosk

I finally signed up for Easypass a few days ago. The cops were nice and it took 5 minutes. I think they appreciated that I had the forms filled out already.

I tried it for the first time departing FRA this morning, I was able to pass through the automated gates successfully. However, I was summoned to the desk. The officer seemed VERY irritated and kept asking for my German ID card, which I don't have. After asking me for it repeatedly (rapid-fire style) she eventually handed my passport to her colleague who stamped it and sent me on my way with no explanation.

Was this the way it is supposed to work? Or did it not work and the officers decided to just process me manually to get rid of me?

This is normal. Even with automated passport contrôle, non-EU nationals have to have a manual exit stamp.

"After successful face recognition, registered travellers (RTs) from outside the EU - in contrast to the usual EasyPASS procedure - will see a special symbol and have to wait until a border guard opens the exit door.

RTs have to move forward to the monitoring booth, which is located directly behind the EasyPASS gate. An officer will then check the additional entry requirements and stamp the passport.

After that procedure the border check is completed."

Similar procedure is in place at CDG apparently (without need for registration).

This happened to me last month, but without the irritation. They just stamped my passport and let me through. I'll say it helped save time in the horrendous lines, but I was later foiled with issues in the security line.