Short stay Schengen visa is valid for all the states in the Schengen region and has the same rules across the borders of the 26 countries that come under the Schengen agreement.
Which country do citizens need a Schengen visa?
Any person who is traveling to the Schengen states for around 90-days requires a Schengen visa depending upon the visa requirements of the country in which he or she is currently residing.
Countries for whose Passport holders must have a Schengen visa:
Here is a list of the countries for whose citizens it is obligatory to apply for the Schengen visa and get accepted. They cannot cross the external borders of the region. These countries are 105 in total.
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| Afghanistan | Comoros | Iran | Namibia |
| Algeria | Congo | Iraq | Nepal |
| Angola | Cote D’ivoire | Jamaica | Niger |
| Armenia | Cuba | Jordan | Nigeria |
| Azerbaijan | Dem.Rep.Of.Congo | Kazakhstan | North Korea |
| Bahrain | Djibouti | Kenya | Northern Mariana’s |
| Bangladesh | Dominican Republic | Kosova | Oman |
| Belarus | Ecuador | Kuwait | Pakistan |
| Belize | Egypt | Kyrgyzstan | Papua New Guinea |
| Benin | Equatorial Guinea | Laos | Philippines |
| Bhutan | Eritrea | Lebanon | Qatar |
| Bolivia | Ethiopia | Lesotho | Russia |
| Botswana | Fiji | Liberia | Rwanda |
| Burkina Faso | Gabon | Libya | Sao Tome And Principe |
| Burma/Myanmar | Gambia | Madagascar | Saudi Arabia |
| Burundi | Ghana | Malawi | Senegal |
| Cambodia | Guinea | Maldives | Sierra Leone |
| Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | Mali | Somalia |
| Cape Verde | Guyana | Mauritania | South Africa |
| Central African Republic | Haiti | Mongolia | Srilanka |
| Chad | India | Morocco | Sudan |
| China | Indonesia | Mozambique | Suriname |
| Swaziland | Syria | Tanzania | Thailand |
| Timor-Leste | Togo | Tonga | Tunisia |
| Turkey | Turkmenistan | Uganda | Uzbekistan |
| Vietnam | Yemen | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
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Countries for which a Schengen visa is not a requirement:
Schengen Visa Exempted Country list pdf
Other than this countries, there are twenty-nine countries in the world whose citizens are exempted when crossing the border.
| Albania (Only when the passport is biometric) | El Salvador | Moldova(Only when the passport is biometric) |
| Andorra | North Macedonia(Only when the passport is biometric) | Monaco |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Georgia(Only when the passport is biometric) | Montenegro(Only when the passport is biometric) |
| Argentina | Grenada | New Zealand |
| Australia | Guatemala | Nicaragua |
| Bahamas | Vatican City State | Palau |
| Barbados | Honduras | Panama |
| Bosnia And Herzegovina(Only when the passport is biometric) | Israel | Paraguay |
| Brazil | Japan | Peru |
| Brunei Darussalam | Kiribati | Samoa |
| Canada | Malaysia | San Marino |
| Chile | Marshall Islands | Seychelles |
| Colombia | Mauritius | Serbia(Only when the passport is biometric excluding Serbian passports given by Serbian Coordination Directorate) |
| Costa Rica | Mexico | Singapore |
| Dominica | Micronesia | Solomon Islands |
| South Korea | St Kitts And Nevis | St Lucia |
| St Vincent And The Grenadines | Trinidad And Tobago | Tuvalu |
| Ukraine(Only when the passport is biometric) | United Arab Emirates | United States Of America |
| Uruguay | Vanuatu | Venezuela |
However, all the people who are residing in these states don’t automatically get exempted from getting the visa. For instance, a US green card holder whose roots go back to a region which doesn’t come under the list of the countries that are allowed to have visa-free entry must apply for the Schengen visa.
Not only that, if a US passport holder has been refused to make entry to the european region, due to any reason, must also apply for the visa at the consulate or embassy of the selected destination. Same goes for other parts of the world.
Different embassies and consulates worldwide only provide travel visa to the foreigners living in the current country when they have a temporary or permanent residence permit.
Others who Don’t Need a Schengen Visa
Other than these, any British national who isn’t the citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the purposes of Union Law.
- British Nationals (Overseas)
- British overseas citizens (BOC)
- British subjects (BS)
- British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)
- British protected persons (BPP)
For the People’s Republic of China, there are two special regions exempted from visa when traveling to a Schengen region:
- Hong Kong S.A.R.
- Macao S.A.R.
