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The European Union Visa Information System (VIS) is a database containing information, including biometrics, on visa applications by Third Country Nationals requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area. The system was established in June 2004 by the Council decision 2004/512/EC. [1]
However, on 5 April 2010, common visa requirements for airport transit were introduced by the European Union. [81] Nationals of the following 12 countries are required to hold an airport transit visa (ATV) when transiting through any airport in the Schengen Area or Cyprus, even if they remain airside: [82]
Local immigration officials will decide the appropriate number of travellers required to register their biometrics, on a range from 10 to 100 per cent as a “relief valve” as the process is ...
The new biometric passports are one of the conditions placed on Ukraine by the European Union on the path to easing its visa requirements and eventually moving towards a visa-free regime with the EU. These national ID cards will be valid for 10 years and issued at the age of 14, instead of at the age of 16, as previous Ukrainian passports were.
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the ...
Visa requirements for European Union citizens. As of 7 April 2023, passport rankings (Germany, Italy and Spain tied with most in the EU, and Japan in the world with 193 destinations) by the number of countries and territories their holders could visit without a visa or by obtaining visa on arrival in April 2023 were as follows: [73]
Visa exemption for permanent residents or valid visa holders of Schengen Area, Canada, Japan, US. Micronesia: Visa not required [161] 30 days Moldova: Visa not required [162] 90 days 90 days within any 180 day period. Monaco: Visa not required [163] 90 days Mongolia: eVisa [164] [165] 30 days Montenegro: Visa not required [166] 90 days ID card ...
The two eastern European nations made a breakthrough in their bid to join the Area in late 2023