ENTERING THE EU BORDERS & VISAS THE SCHENGEN AREA OF FREE MOVEMENT An area without internal borders where EU citizens and non-eu nationals may move freely EU Schengen States Non-Schengen EU States IS Azores (PT) Non-EU Schengen States IS: Iceland AT: Austria BE: Belgium IT: Italy LI: Liechtenstein BG: Bulgaria LT: Lithuania CH: Switzerland LU: Luxembourg CY: Cyprus LV: Latvia CZ: Czech Republic DE: Germany MT: Malta NL: Netherlands DK: Denmark NO: Norway EE: Estonia PL: Poland EL: Greece PT: Portugal ES: Spain PT RO: Romania FI: Finland FR: France SE: Sweden HR: Croatia SI: Slovenia SK: Slovakia HU: Hungary UK: United Kingdom IE: Ireland FI NO SE Canary Islands (ES) EE LV DK IE Madeira (PT) LT UK NL BE FR LU PL DE CZ LI AT CH SI HR ES SK HU RO BG IT EL MT CY
AN AREA WITH COMMON EXTERNAL BORDERS External borders = Schengen States land borders, including river and lake borders, sea borders and their airports, river ports, sea ports and lake ports, provided they are not internal borders 7 702 km of land borders IS Azores (PT) FI NO SE LV LT UK NL BE FR LU PL DE CZ LI ES SK AT CH SI PT Canary Islands (ES) EE DK IE Madeira (PT) HU RO HR BG IT EL MT CY
AN AREA WITH COMMON EXTERNAL BORDERS External borders = Schengen States land borders, including river and lake borders, sea borders and their airports, river ports, sea ports and lake ports, provided they are not internal borders IS Azores (PT) 41 915 km of FI NO maritime borders SE LV LT UK NL BE FR LU PL DE CZ LI ES SK AT CH SI PT Canary Islands (ES) EE DK IE Madeira (PT) HU RO HR BG IT EL MT CY
AN AREA WITH COMMON EXTERNAL BORDERS External borders = Schengen States land borders, including river and lake borders, sea borders and their airports, river ports, sea ports and lake ports, provided they are not internal borders IS Azores (PT) FI NO SE LV LT UK NL approx. 650 air border crossing points BE FR LU PL DE CZ LI AT CH SI HR PT ES Canary Islands (ES) EE DK IE Madeira (PT) SK HU RO BG IT EL MT CY
CROSSINGS OF THE SCHENGEN AREA S EXTERNAL BORDERS 400 000 000 350 000 000 300 000 000 370 096 194 340 843 882 344 529 361 360 866 203 250 000 000 200 000 000 150 000 000 100 000 000 50 000 000 80 741 190 212 407 347 186 979 412 194 981 261 201 700 725 76 134 923 79 180 988 82 998 262 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 Note: Information collected by Member States in the framework of the External Borders Fund (2007-13)
VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHENGEN AREA Some non-eu nationals need a short-stay Schengen visa to visit the Schengen area Schengen visa = uniform short-stay visa that entitles the holder to transit through or stay in the territories of all Schengen States for a duration of maximum 90 days per 180 days period and that may be issued for the purpose of a single or multiple entries Schengen area Non-Schengen EU States No visa required Visa required Visa + airport transit visa (ATV) required by all Schengen States (some Schengen States also have specific ATV requirements) Note: State of play as at 14/4/2015; for more up-to-date information, please visit the DG Migration and Home Affairs website: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/visa-policy/apply_for_a_visa/index_en.htm
MOST SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS COME FROM Refusal rate Acceptance rate Share of multiple entry visas issued Share of single entry visas issued 0.9 % 3.0 % 15.6 % 2.0 % 0.3 % 4.4 % 60.0 % 52.4 % 51.2 % 58.1 % 99.1 % 97.0 % 98.0 % 99.7 % 95.6 % 40.0 % 84.4 % 47.6 % 48.8 % 41.9 % Russia Federation 5 768 182 visas China 1 800 369 visas Ukraine 1 387 086 visas Belarus 881 404 visas Turkey 813 339 visas 25.5 % 6.4 % 12.4 % 2.5 % 7.6 % 34.0 % 45.3 % 43.8 % 74.9 % 58.6 % 74.5 % 93.6 % 87.6 % 97.5 % 92.4 % 66.0 % 54.7 % 56.2 % 25.1 % 41.4 % Algeria 593 624 visas India 568 216 visas Morocco 434 652 visas Saudi Arabia 308 879 visas United Arab Emirates 253 765 visas Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014
MOST SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS COME FROM Refusal rate Acceptance rate Share of multiple entry visas issued Share of single entry visas issued 3.8 % 35.1 % 3.8 % 22.1 % 1.3 % 2.9 % 16.0 % 20.5 % 64.0 % 81.4 % 96.2 % 96.2 % 98.7 % 97.1 % 84.0 % 64.9 % 77.9 % 79.5 % 36.0 % 18.6 % United Kingdom* 236 181 visas Thailand 219 015 visas South Africa 172 200 visas Kuwait 164 753 visas Islamic Republic of Iran 160 145 visas 11.7 % 11.8 % 2.2 % 1.1 % 4.3 % 31.8 % 39.6 % 19.7 % 42.9 % 69.3 % 88.3 % 88.2 % 97.8 % 98.9 % 95.7 % 68.2 % 60.4 % 80.3 % 57.1 % 30.7 % Egypt 156 995 visas Tunisia 152 038 visas Kazakhstan 148 879 visas Indonesia 143 410 visas Colombia 133 200 visas Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014 * Figures concern non-eu nationals residing in the UK who are under the visa obligation
8 000 000 7 000 000 6 000 000 5 000 000 TOP APPLICANT COUNTRIES 5 768 182 6 995 141 6 069 001 5 265 866 4 222 551 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 000 000 3 000 000 2 000 000 1 000 000 1 800 369 1 497 178 1 242 507 1 079 516 824 860 1 387 086 1 556 677 1 313 727 1 142 732 972 580 881 404 777 813 698 404 583 871 433 102 813 339 779 464 668 835 624 361 559 946 593 624 445 517 387 942 311 167 263 794 568 216 522 106 506 162 499 954 444 562 434 652 401 092 373 823 359 657 330 218 0 Russia China Ukraine Belarus Turkey Algeria India Morocco Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014
SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS 3 000 000 2 894 996 2 613 995 Schengen visas applied for Schengen visas issued (incl. multiple entry visas) 2 500 000 2 000 000 2 061 137 1 901 612 1 500 000 1 000 000 500 000 0 Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal 2 164 545 2 062 501 Slovakia 1 923 016 1 756 032 Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland 1 205 034 1 191 110 1 375 287 1 345 405 1 125 520 1 104 437 266 356 258 247 219 758 179 522 519 819 506 597 109 694 99 852 170 731 168 138 309 894 302 355 3 923 3 886 207 185 204 777 463 709 458 279 11 567 11 321 56 886 40 705 485 267 449 520 179 550 163 568 183 216 164 103 104 988 103 379 26 492 24 925 191 009 158 092 466 329 412 438 Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014
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