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The two eastern European nations made a breakthrough in their bid to join the Area in late 2023
Checks at land borders with Bulgaria and Romania will stop from Jan. 1 after Austria dropped a veto it had maintained on grounds they needed to do more to stop illegal immigration. While air and ...
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 16 March 2020 the European Commission issued a recommendation to all EU and Schengen member states to introduce a temporary restriction on the entry of third-country nationals (i.e. travellers who are not EEA/Swiss citizens and family members with the right of free movement) to the Schengen Area for non ...
Schengen is now a core part of EU law, and all EU member states without an opt-out which have not already joined the Schengen Area are legally obliged to do so when technical requirements have been met. Several non-EU countries are included in the area through special association agreements. [3]
A bilateral agreement pre-dating the Schengen area allows a stay in Poland regardless of days spent in other Schengen countries. [363] [177] Yes Portugal: Visa not required [364] [365] [366] 90 days 90 days within any 180-day period in the Schengen Area. Yes Qatar: Visa not required [367] [368] 90 days
LILLE, France (Reuters) -European Union countries agreed on Thursday to oversee the border-free Schengen area through regular ministerial meetings, France said, strengthening political management ...
As of 22 July 2024, Ni-Vanuatu had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 93 countries and territories. A mutual visa waiver agreement was signed with Russia on 20 September 2016 and entered into force on 21 October 2016. [1] Schengen Area. Vanuatu signed a mutual visa waiver agreement with Schengen Area countries on 28 May 2015. [2]
The SIS is used by 31 European countries to find information about individuals and entities for the purposes of national security, border control and law enforcement since 2001. A second technical version of this system, SIS II, went live on 9 April 2013. [1] An upgraded Schengen Information System entered into operation on 7 March 2023. [2]