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Europe visa application process
1. Check your eligibility
Select your nationality and see if you need a visa for Europe.
2. Complete the form
Fill out the short application form and upload your documents. We will review everything.
3. Get your document
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1. Check your eligibility
Select your nationality and see if you need a visa for Europe.
2. Complete the form
Fill out the short application form and upload your documents. We will review everything.
3. Get your document
We will inform you once your application is approved, and send you the final document by email.
Europe visa policy & requirements
Most of Europe's countries belong to the Schengen Area, a borderless travel zone of 29 countries where a single entry document covers the entire region. The Schengen Area includes most EU member states, plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Notable European destinations outside the Schengen Area, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland or Cyprus, have their own separate entry requirements.
Citizens of many countries outside the EU can visit the Schengen Area for up to 90 days within any 180-day period without a traditional visa. If that applies to you, you currently need no prior authorization to travel. However, from late 2026, a new online pre-travel permission called ETIAS will be required before boarding.
If your nationality requires a visa to enter the Schengen Area, you will need to apply for a Schengen visa before your trip. This covers short stays for tourism, business, family visits, and transit.
Regardless of whether you need a visa or not, all non-EU travelers are now subject to the EES (Entry/Exit System), which has been in operation since October 2025. EES is not a visa: it is a biometric border registration that replaces passport stamping. You do not apply for it in advance, it happens at the border on arrival.
Europe visa policy & requirements
Most of Europe's countries belong to the Schengen Area, a borderless travel zone of 29 countries where a single entry document covers the entire region. The Schengen Area includes most EU member states, plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Notable European destinations outside the Schengen Area, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland or Cyprus, have their own separate entry requirements.
Citizens of many countries outside the EU can visit the Schengen Area for up to 90 days within any 180-day period without a traditional visa. If that applies to you, you currently need no prior authorization to travel. However, from late 2026, a new online pre-travel permission called ETIAS will be required before boarding.
If your nationality requires a visa to enter the Schengen Area, you will need to apply for a Schengen visa before your trip. This covers short stays for tourism, business, family visits, and transit.
Regardless of whether you need a visa or not, all non-EU travelers are now subject to the EES (Entry/Exit System), which has been in operation since October 2025. EES is not a visa: it is a biometric border registration that replaces passport stamping. You do not apply for it in advance, it happens at the border on arrival.
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Common questions
Most travelers are visa-exempt for 90 days, but the following nationalities need a Schengen visa:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Visa-exempt nationalities can stay in the Schengen Area for 90 days within any 180-day period.
The 90/180-day rule states that any traveler exempt from visa requirements can visit the Schengen Area for 90 days within 180 calendar days.
The 180 days start counting from the moment you enter the Schengen Area. After the first day of your trip, you can stay a maximum of 90 days. Once you meet the 90-day deadline, you will be forced to depart, and you will not be able to come back until 180 days have passed from the date you first entered the Schengen Area.
Here is a practical example to help you see the rule more clearly: imagine you travel to Europe on January 1st. You stay for 90 days and leave on March 31st. To find out when you can return, count 180 days forward from January 1st. That lands on July 1st, so you will not be allowed to enter the Schengen Area until that day. That leaves a three-month break between trips (April, May and June).
One last thing to take into account: the 90-day stay allowance applies to the entire Schengen Area. If you visit more than one country in the same trip, the days do not reset.
The Schengen Area is a free movement zone of 29 European countries that have abolished passport controls at their shared internal borders.
The entire area shares a unified immigration policy, counting as a single territory: any visa or entry stamp issued by a member country is valid for all of them. Additionally, the 90-day stay limit counts for the entire area, regardless of how many countries you visit.
The Schengen Area countries include 25 members of the European Union and 4 non-EU countries, bringing the total to 29: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Yes, the Schengen Area counts as one single territory. A Schengen visa will be valid for all member countries.
There are two groups to keep in mind:
EU members that are not in Schengen: Ireland is an EU member but has opted out of the Schengen Agreement.
Non-EU European countries that are not in the Schengen Area: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Vatican City.
ETIAS will be necessary for all visa-exempt nationalities. Remember that ETIAS is not a visa: it is a digital travel authorization. You can learn more about this new requirement here.
No, there is no application for the Entry/Exit System (EES). It takes place in person at the border. You will be asked for a facial image and your fingerprints once every three years. Children under 12 are exempt from fingerprinting.
Once you are registered into EES, it will speed up the immigration process because they will simply check your biometrics against their record. It does not affect your visa requirements: whether you need one or not is independent from EES.
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