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The Schengen Agreement ( English: / ˈʃɛŋən / SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ⓘ) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished. It was signed on 14 June 1985, near the town of Schengen, Luxembourg, by five of the ten member states of the then European ...
The visa policy of the United Kingdom is the policy by which His Majesty's Government determines visa requirements for visitors to the United Kingdom, and the Crown dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man and those seeking to work, study or reside there. All visitors must obtain a visa from one of the British diplomatic missions ...
The Schengen Area has a population of more than 450 million people and an area of 4,595,131 square kilometres (1,774,190 sq mi). About 1.7 million people commute to work across an internal European border each day, and in some regions these people constitute up to a third of the workforce.
Visa requirements for British citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Kingdom. As of 2024, British citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 192 countries and territories, ranking the British passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index .
Applications are made at UK embassies or consulates or directly to UK Visas and Immigration, depending upon the type of visa or permit required. In April 2006, changes to the managed migration system were proposed that would create one points-based immigration system for the UK in place of all other schemes.
Tourism in the United Kingdom is a major industry and contributor to the U.K. economy, which is the world's 10th biggest tourist destination, with over 40.1 million visiting in 2019, contributing a total of £234 billion to the GDP. [ 1][ 2] £23.1 billion was spent in the UK by foreign tourists in 2017. VisitBritain data shows that the USA ...
In 2015, net immigration to the UK from other EU countries was approximately 172,000, compared to 191,000 from non-EU countries. [8] The population of the EU was around 500 million at the time of the referendum [9] while the population of the world was 7.4 billion. [10]