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=== Finnish citizens ===
=== Finnish citizens ===
Albania, Andorra, Canada, Chile, Georgia, Turkey, Andorra, United States of America
Albania, Andorra, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Georgia, Turkey, Andorra, United States of America


=== French citizens ===
=== French citizens ===

Revision as of 16:31, 11 March 2008

The European Union has unified visa policy as part of the Schengen acquis. A number of EU member states do not participate in this policy, notably including Ireland and the United Kingdom, consequentially maintaining independent immigration policies with respect to non-EU states.

Visa requirements for Schengen member countries

EU (Schengen) visa lists
  Special visa-free provisions (Schengen treaty, OCT or other)
  Visa required to enter the EU - annex I countries
  Visa-free access to the EU for 90 days - annex II countries
  Visa-status unknown

There are two lists:

  1. negative visa list of countries (annex I of the Council regulation) from whose citizens a visa is required to enter the territory of the EU member states
  2. positive visa list of countries (annex II) from whose citizens no visa is required to enter the territory of the EU member states for a period of maximum 90 days.

Annex I countries

  • All countries and territories not mentioned below.

Annex II countries

Additionally:



  • According to the provisions of COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1932/2006 of 21 December 2006, amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, the exemption from the visa requirement for these countries will apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Community:

Reciprocity is sought for all countries of the visa-free list. That means that the EU expects that these countries offer visa-free access to all EU citizens. When the situation is the opposite the affected member state is expected to notify the European Commission, so that the EC takes an appropriate action - negotiate with the annex II state or remove it from the annex II list. The most notable example here is the United States that does not offer visa-free travel to 14 of the EU members.

Visa requirements for the United Kingdom

UK visa lists
  Special visa-free provisions (EEA, OCT or other)
  Visa-free access to the UK for 90 days
  Visa required to enter the UK, transit without visa
  Visa required to enter the UK and for transit trough the UK
  Visa-status unknown

There are two lists:

  1. negative visa list of countries (annex I of the Council regulation) from whose citizens a visa is required to enter the territory of the EU member states


Citizens of the following countries can enter the United Kingdom (which is not a member of the Schengen Agreement) without a visa.

Additionally:

  • List of nationals who do need a visa is available at [1]. All other countries need adding to the above list.
  • The following territories' status is unknown
    •  Western Sahara - most probably it is practically as "require visa" like most African states (including Morocco, which administrates most of the territory) but it is not included in the "require visa" list - unlike other entities, not recognised as independent states like Taiwan and the Palestinian Authority, that are explicitly listed there.

- not mentioned in the "require visa" list. However, although not being a country, these territories have separate agreements independent of China and are visa-free for visitors, while special regulations apply for other categories.

Visa requirements for Ireland

IE visa lists
  Special visa-free provisions (EEA, OCT or other)
  Visa-free access to Ireland for 90 days
  Visa required to enter Ireland, transit without visa
  Visa required to enter Ireland and for transit trough Ireland

A Common Travel Area exists between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, no passport controls are done on the land border between the two countries. While a UK visa will not allow a traveller entry to the Republic of Ireland, nor will a Republic of Ireland visa allow entry to the UK, in practice use of the land border will avoid this problem.

Citizens of the following countries can enter Ireland (which is not a member of the Schengen Agreement) without a visa.

Additionally:

Visa-free travelling for EU citizens

EU citizens do not require visas to travel to the EFTA and EU countries, additionally the ones listed below.

Austrian citizens

Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Lesotho, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Marshall Isles, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Solomon islands, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela

Belgian citizens

Andorra, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Serbia, United States of America

British citizens

See British passport.

Bulgarian citizens

See Bulgarian passport.

Cyprus citizens

See Cyprus passport.

Czech citizens

See Czech passport

Danish citizens

Brazil

Estonian citizens

Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Isles, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Swaziland, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vatican city.

Finnish citizens

Albania, Andorra, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Georgia, Turkey, Andorra, United States of America

French citizens

See French passport.

German citizens

See German passport.

Greek citizens

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Mexico, Philippines, Peru, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Hungarian citizens

Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela

Irish citizens

Andorra, Canada, Chile, United States of America, Vatican City

Italian citizens

See Italian passport.

Latvian citizens

Lithuanian citizens

Andorra, Albania, Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Macau, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Republic of Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco, Mauritius; United Mexican States, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Swaziland, Switzerland, Ukraine, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Vatican City.

Luxembourg citizens

Maltese citizens

See Maltese passport.

Citizens of the Netherlands

Andorra, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, United States of America, Vatican City

Polish citizens

See Polish passport

Portuguese citizens

Romanian citizens

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela

Slovak citizens

Slovenian citizens

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cook Islands, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guyana, French Polynesia, Gibraltar, Georgia, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Macao, Macedonia, Maldives, Malaysia, Morocco, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Reunion, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Swaziland, Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, Uruguay, Vatican city, Venezuela, Wallis & Futuna.

Spanish citizens

Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, United States of America, Vatican City

Swedish citizens

See also

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