Real-time queue statistics published on 17 June by border-tracking portal Nakordoni reveal that passenger-car waits at the busy Shehyni (UA) – Medyka (PL) checkpoint hovered around five hours for much of the day. The site reports 54 cars in line at 19:44 local time, with the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) flagged as “active”. Shehyni is the first Polish road crossing where EES biometric kiosks are fully operational, making it a bell-wether for how the technology affects throughput this summer. EES digitally records every third-country national entering or leaving the Schengen Area, capturing fingerprints and facial images and replacing manual passport stamps. While the procedure takes less than a minute per person, the compound effect is noticeable on days of heavy traffic—especially when many vehicles carry families or shuttle passengers. Nakordoni’s six-hour forecast predicts peak queues of up to 47 cars (about 4 h 57 min) in the early afternoon and advises travellers to aim for the pre-dawn window between 00:00 and 04:00, when waits typically fall below three hours. For corporate mobility teams moving staff between western Ukraine and Poland, the numbers matter. Cross-border commuters with Polish work permits must now factor in biometric capture on both exit and re-entry, which can add 20-40 minutes per coach or company minibus.
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For anyone who wants to be sure the paperwork side of the journey is watertight before facing the EES kiosks, VisaHQ can help. Its Poland portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/) guides users through business-visa, work-permit and residence-permit requirements step by step, so travellers arrive at the border with documentation already in perfect order.
Logistics operators running “white-plate” vans for just-in-time deliveries report similar slow-downs. Polish customs brokers note that commercial import clearance is unaffected, but delays on the passenger side are already prompting some firms to reroute employees via less congested points such as Korczowa–Krakivets. Border officials insist the learning curve will level off as travellers become familiar with the self-service kiosks. A parallel information campaign—QR codes on motorway signs, social-media videos and bilingual leaflets—aims to cut first-time confusion. In the meantime, mobility managers should re-check pickup schedules, build larger safety buffers for airport connections in Rzeszów or Kraków and brief staff on biometric procedures to avoid an unpleasant surprise at the gate. The Polish Ministry of the Interior plans to switch on EES at all external EU crossings by September. Shehyni’s performance this week therefore offers a preview of what business travellers can expect at Dorohusk, Terespol and other key gateways in the months ahead.
For anyone who wants to be sure the paperwork side of the journey is watertight before facing the EES kiosks, VisaHQ can help. Its Poland portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/) guides users through business-visa, work-permit and residence-permit requirements step by step, so travellers arrive at the border with documentation already in perfect order.
Logistics operators running “white-plate” vans for just-in-time deliveries report similar slow-downs. Polish customs brokers note that commercial import clearance is unaffected, but delays on the passenger side are already prompting some firms to reroute employees via less congested points such as Korczowa–Krakivets. Border officials insist the learning curve will level off as travellers become familiar with the self-service kiosks. A parallel information campaign—QR codes on motorway signs, social-media videos and bilingual leaflets—aims to cut first-time confusion. In the meantime, mobility managers should re-check pickup schedules, build larger safety buffers for airport connections in Rzeszów or Kraków and brief staff on biometric procedures to avoid an unpleasant surprise at the gate. The Polish Ministry of the Interior plans to switch on EES at all external EU crossings by September. Shehyni’s performance this week therefore offers a preview of what business travellers can expect at Dorohusk, Terespol and other key gateways in the months ahead.
