Answer: The text does not give a specific start date for ETIAS; it states that ETIAS is currently not in operation and that the European Union will inform about the specific date for the start of ETIAS several months prior to its launch.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: travel/etias
Revision: 9
Digest: sha256:0e5ebf35ea00a7b9 (changes whenever the content changes)

Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T11:08:35Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z (current status: — → currently not in operation)
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z
  Next check: 2026-11-13T11:34:12Z
  Check interval: Daily
  Expected change: No fixed schedule

Data:
  Field | Value | Source | As of
  start date | several months prior to its launch | [1] | 2026-11-12
  current status | currently not in operation | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] European Union. "Welcome to the official ETIAS website". https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias_en
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:13Z
      Retrieved via: DeepSeek Fetch API (Markdown conversion; the original server response was not captured)
      Quote: "The European Union will inform about the specific date for the start of ETIAS several months prior to its launch." (Supports: start date)
      Quote: "ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications for travel authorisations are collected at this point." (Supports: current status)
      Snapshot SHA-256: 7954ad4259d6b01571ee6c30014d1c2a645e129f45e49489773d5d0746ea7f10 (captured 2026-11-12T11:34:13Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. [1] was retrieved through the DeepSeek Fetch API because a direct request did not return usable content.
  Cross-check: not-available at 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z. No independent second source is configured for this entry
  Last successful check: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z
  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z

Notes and limitations:
  Extracted automatically from a single official source.

Change log:
  Time | Event | Change | Source
  2026-11-12T11:34:12Z | changed | current status: — → currently not in operation | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:34:12Z | changed | start date: — → several months prior to its launch | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:34:12Z | changed | start date announcement: several months prior to its launch → — | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:34:12Z | changed | ETIAS status: currently not in operation → — | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:24:01Z | changed | start date announcement: — → several months prior to its launch | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:24:01Z | changed | Maximum stay: 90 days → — | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:24:01Z | changed | Application fee: EUR 20 → — | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:24:01Z | changed | Start date announcement timing: several months prior to its launch → — | [1]
  2026-11-12T11:08:35Z | added | Entry created | —
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How to cite:
    latestN. (2026). When does ETIAS start? Revision 9, last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z. https://latestn.com/travel/etias (accessed 2026-11-12T12:52:57Z).

    @misc{latestN_travel_etias_r9,
      title        = {When does ETIAS start?},
      author       = {{latestN}},
      year         = {2026},
      howpublished = {\url{https://latestn.com/travel/etias}},
      note         = {Revision 9; digest sha256:0e5ebf35ea00a7b9; last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:12Z; accessed 2026-11-12T12:52:57Z}
    }

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