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Visa requirements for Spanish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Spain.. As of 2025, Spanish citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 192 countries and territories, ranking the ordinary Spanish passport 3rd in terms of travel freedom (tied with France, Germany, Italy, and Japan) according to the Henley Passport Index.
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]
Holders of a long-stay visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen state or Monaco may also travel to other Schengen states, without an additional visa, for a stay of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. [54] [55] [56] Short-stay visas issued by a Schengen state are also valid for all other Schengen states unless marked otherwise. [54]
The common visa policy allows nationals of certain countries to enter the Schengen Area via air, land or sea without a visa for stays of up to 90 days within a 180-day period. Nationals of certain other countries are required to have a visa either upon arrival or in transit.
In 1990, the Agreement was supplemented by the Schengen Convention which proposed the complete abolition of systematic internal border controls and a common visa policy. The Schengen Area operates very much like a single state for international travel purposes with external border controls for travellers entering and exiting the area, and ...
The Schengen Information System (SIS) is a governmental database maintained by the European Commission. 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.
The Andorran government imposes no visa requirements on its visitors, and requires only a passport or European Union national identity card for entrance. [1] However, since the country is accessible only via the Schengen countries of Spain or France, entrance is not possible without entering the Schengen area first, and the Schengen visa rules can therefore be regarded as applying de facto.
Schengen short-stay visas are not valid for Overseas France (except for nationals of certain countries as listed above), and vice versa. A visa with the designation "départements français d'Amérique" (DFA) allows visiting all parts of Overseas France in the Americas (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, and ...