FRLI

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EE

LV

LT

PL

CZ

ATHU

SK

EL

MT

DE

IT

LUBE

NL

PTES

DK

SI

NO

CH

IS

UK

IE

ROHR

BG

CY

Canary Islands (ES)

Madeira (PT)

Azores (PT)

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

Non-EU Schengen States

AT: AustriaBE: Belgium

BG: BulgariaCH: Switzerland

CY: CyprusCZ: Czech Republic

DE: GermanyDK: Denmark

EE: EstoniaEL: Greece

ES: SpainFI: Finland

FR: FranceHR: Croatia

HU: HungaryIE: Ireland

IS: IcelandIT: Italy

LI: LiechtensteinLT: Lithuania

LU: LuxembourgLV: Latvia

MT: MaltaNL: Netherlands

NO: NorwayPL: Poland

PT: PortugalRO: Romania

SE: SwedenSI: Slovenia

SK: SlovakiaUK: United Kingdom

FR

UK

CY

BG

ROHR

IE

LI

SE

FI

EE

LV

LT

PL

CZ

ATHU

SK

EL

MT

DE

IT

LUBE

NL

PTES

DK

SI

NO

CH

IS

Canary Islands (ES)

Madeira (PT)

Azores (PT)

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

Canary Islands (ES)

Madeira (PT)

Azores (PT)

FR

UK

CY

BG

ROHR

IE

LI

SE

FI

EE

LV

LT

PL

CZ

ATHU

SK

EL

MT

DE

IT

LUBE

NL

PTES

DK

SI

NO

CH

IS

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

41 915 km of maritime borders

FR

UK

CY

BG

RO

IE

LI

SE

FI

EE

LV

LT

PL

CZ

ATHU

SK

EL

MT

DE

IT

LUBE

NL

PTES

DK

SI

NO

CH

IS

Canary Islands (ES)

Madeira (PT)

Azores (PT)

HR

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

approx. 650air border

crossing points

0

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100 000 000

150 000 000

200 000 000

250 000 000

300 000 000

350 000 000

400 000 000

2008

2009

2010

2011

212 407 347186 979 412 194 981 261 201 700 725

370 096 194340 843 882 344 529 361 360 866 203

80 741 190 76 134 923 79 180 988 82 998 262

CROSSINGS OF THE SCHENGEN AREA’S EXTERNAL BORDERS

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…Share of multiple entry visas issued

Share of single entry visas issued

Refusal rate

Acceptance rate

Saudi Arabia308 879 visas

Algeria593 624 visas

74.5 %

66.0 %

34.0 %

25.5 %

Morocco434 652 visas

India568 216 visas

93.6 %

54.7 %

45.3 %

6.4 %

87.6 %

56.2 %

43.8 %

12.4 %

97.5 %

25.1 %

74.9 %

2.5 %

92.4 %

41.4 %

58.6 %

7.6 %

Russia Federation5 768 182 visas

99.1 %

40.0 %

60.0 %

0.9 %

1 800 369 visas

97.0 %

84.4 %

15.6 %3.0 %

China Ukraine1 387 086 visas

98.0 %

47.6 %

52.4 %

2.0 %

99.7 %

48.8 %

51.2 %

0.3 %

Belarus881 404 visas

95.6 %

41.9 %

58.1 %

4.4 %

Turkey813 339 visas

United Arab Emirates

253 765 visas

Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014

MOST SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS COME FROM…Share of multiple entry visas issued

Share of single entry visas issued

Refusal rate

Acceptance rate

Thailand219 015 visas

Indonesia143 410 visas

United Kingdom*236 181 visas

Kazakhstan148 879 visas

Kuwait164 753 visas

96.2 %

64.9 %

35.1 %

3.8 %

Egypt156 995 visas

88.3 %

68.2 %

31.8 %

11.7 %

88.2 %

60.4 %

39.6 %

11.8 %

97.8 %

80.3 %

19.7 %

2.2 %

Colombia133 200 visas

98.9 %

57.1 %

42.9 %

1.1 %

95.7 %

30.7 %

69.3 %

4.3 %

South Africa172 200 visas

96.2 %

77.9 %

22.1 %

3.8 %

Islamic Republic of Iran160 145 visas

98.7 %

36.0 %

64.0 %

1.3 %

97.1 %

18.6 %

81.4 %

2.9 %

84.0 %

79.5 %

20.5 %16.0 %

* Figures concern non-EU nationals residing in the UK who are under the visa obligation

Tunisia152 038 visas

Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014

Algeria

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522

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311

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TOP APPLICANT COUNTRIES

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Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014

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SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS

Source: DG Migration and Home Affairs, 2014

Disclaimer: Information in this infographic is for reference purposes onlyand is not necessarily comprehensive or up to date.

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/