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However, Greenland is not part of the European Union or the Schengen Area, so nationals of EU or Schengen countries, except for Nordic countries, do not have the right to reside in Greenland freely, and visas or resident permits issued for entering Schengen countries are not valid for travel to Greenland.
The Danish territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland are neither part of the European Union nor part of the Schengen Area, and visas to Denmark are not automatically valid in these territories. However, both of these territories lack border controls on arrivals from the Schengen Area, and the air or sea carriers are responsible for ...
Greenland's colonial status from Denmark officially ended in 1953 through an amendment of the Danish Constitution. [5] Subsequently, Greenland was integrated as a county in the Realm of Denmark and thus became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. [6] This status granted Greenlanders the Danish citizenship.
The two eastern European nations made a breakthrough in their bid to join the Area in late 2023
Greenland achieved some special treatment such as restrictions on business for non-residents and fisheries. [16] Greenland got the right to one European Parliament member in the parliament election 1979. Greenland left in 1985, following a referendum in 1982 with 53% voting for withdrawal after a dispute over fishing rights. [17]
Greenland, the world's biggest island, has been part of Denmark for 600 years although its 57,000 people now govern their own domestic affairs. The island's government led by Prime Minister Mute ...
The Faroe Islands are not part of the Schengen Area, and Schengen visas are not valid. However, the islands are part of the Nordic Passport Union and the Schengen Agreement provides that travellers passing between the islands and the Schengen Area are not to be treated as passing the external frontier of the Area. [80]
The Schengen area now covers 25 of the 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are not members of the Schengen zone.