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Schengen visa requirements: who needs a visa in 2026

Pick your passport to see whether you can enter the Schengen area visa free, need an ETA or e visa, or must apply for a visa before you travel. Checked on November 4, 2026 against the official sources below.

Sroky is a private company and is not part of any government. The destination decides on every entry. Rules change: the official source always applies.

Ways into Schengen

Visa free short stay (Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 Annex II)

Visa free
Official fee
Free
Stay
up to 90 days in any 180 day period across all 29 Schengen states
Interview
No

ETIAS travel authorisation (not yet in operation)

ETA
Official fee
€20
Stay
same as visa free stay (90 in 180)
Interview
No
Official site: travel-europe.europa.eu/etias_en

Uniform short stay Schengen visa (type C)

Visa needed
Official fee
€90
Stay
up to 90 days in any 180 day period
Processing
normally 15 calendar days, up to 45 days
Interview
Yes

Airport transit visa (type A)

Visa needed
Official fee
€90
Stay
transit only, international zone of airport
Processing
normally 15 days
Interview
No

National long stay visa (type D)

Visa needed
Stay
over 90 days
Interview
Yes

Check before you travel

  • ETIAS start date: official pages (home-affairs.ec.europa.eu Smart Borders, read 4 Nov 2026) say not in operation and no date set. The earlier 'last quarter of 2026' wording could not be read on travel-europe.europa.eu (browser access to that site was not permitted); treat the launch as unannounced.
  • EUR-Lex consolidated text read is version 30.12.2025 (latest amendment Regulation (EU) 2025/2441, revised suspension mechanism). No 2026 consolidated version was checked; any 2026 implementing act suspending a whole nationality would need a re-check.
  • home-affairs.ec.europa.eu still says the Vanuatu visa waiver 'has been suspended'; the consolidated regulation shows Vanuatu moved to Annex I (visa required). Both lead to visa required.
  • ETIAS validity (3 years) is from the ETIAS Regulation, not re read on travel-europe.europa.eu this session.
  • Children under 6 visa fee exemption: from Visa Code Art. 16; the Commission page shows EUR 90 / EUR 45 only.
  • Individual national airport transit visa lists (beyond Annex IV) not included; see the Commission list of individual ATV requirements.

Schengen visa by passport

No visaNo visa needed31 passports
  • Austria flagAustria
  • Belgium flagBelgium
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria
  • Croatia flagCroatia
  • Cyprus flagCyprus
  • Czechia flagCzechia
  • Denmark flagDenmark
  • Estonia flagEstonia
  • Finland flagFinland
  • France flagFrance
  • Germany flagGermany
  • Greece flagGreece
  • Hungary flagHungary
  • Iceland flagIceland
  • Ireland flagIreland
  • Italy flagItaly
  • Latvia flagLatvia
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein
  • Lithuania flagLithuania
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg
  • Malta flagMalta
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands
  • Norway flagNorway
  • Poland flagPoland
  • Portugal flagPortugal
  • Romania flagRomania
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia
  • Spain flagSpain
  • Sweden flagSweden
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland
Visa freeVisa free64 passports
  • Albania flagAlbania90 days
  • Andorra flagAndorra90 days
  • Antigua & Barbuda flagAntigua & Barbuda90 days
  • Argentina flagArgentina90 days
  • Australia flagAustralia90 days
  • Bahamas flagBahamas90 days
  • Barbados flagBarbados90 days
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina flagBosnia & Herzegovina90 days
  • Brazil flagBrazil90 days
  • Brunei flagBrunei90 days
  • Canada flagCanada90 days
  • Chile flagChile90 days
  • Colombia flagColombia90 days
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica90 days
  • Dominica flagDominica90 days
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador90 days
  • Georgia flagGeorgia90 days
  • Grenada flagGrenada90 days
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala90 days
  • Honduras flagHonduras90 days
  • Hong Kong SAR China flagHong Kong SAR China90 days
  • Israel flagIsrael90 days
  • Japan flagJapan90 days
  • Kiribati flagKiribati90 days
  • Kosovo flagKosovo90 days
  • Macao SAR China flagMacao SAR China90 days
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia90 days
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands90 days
  • Mauritius flagMauritius90 days
  • Mexico flagMexico90 days
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia90 days
  • Moldova flagMoldova90 days
  • Monaco flagMonaco90 days
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro90 days
  • Nauru flagNauru90 days
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand90 days
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua90 days
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia90 days
  • Palau flagPalau90 days
  • Panama flagPanama90 days
  • Paraguay flagParaguay90 days
  • Peru flagPeru90 days
  • Samoa flagSamoa90 days
  • San Marino flagSan Marino90 days
  • Serbia flagSerbia90 days
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles90 days
  • Singapore flagSingapore90 days
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands90 days
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea90 days
  • St. Kitts & Nevis flagSt. Kitts & Nevis90 days
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia90 days
  • St. Vincent & Grenadines flagSt. Vincent & Grenadines90 days
  • Taiwan flagTaiwan90 days
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste90 days
  • Tonga flagTonga90 days
  • Trinidad & Tobago flagTrinidad & Tobago90 days
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu90 days
  • Ukraine flagUkraine90 days
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates90 days
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom90 days
  • United States flagUnited States90 days
  • Uruguay flagUruguay90 days
  • Vatican City flagVatican City90 days
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela90 days
Visa neededVisa before you travel149 passports
  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Åland Islands flagÅland Islands
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • American Samoa flagAmerican Samoa
  • Angola flagAngola
  • Anguilla flagAnguilla
  • Armenia flagArmenia
  • Aruba flagAruba
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Belarus flagBelarus
  • Belize flagBelize
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Bermuda flagBermuda
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Bolivia flagBolivia
  • Botswana flagBotswana
  • British Indian Ocean Territory flagBritish Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands flagBritish Virgin Islands
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Cape Verde flagCape Verde
  • Caribbean Netherlands flagCaribbean Netherlands
  • Cayman Islands flagCayman Islands
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Chad flagChad
  • China flagChina
  • Christmas Island flagChristmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands flagCocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Comoros flagComoros
  • Congo - Brazzaville flagCongo - Brazzaville
  • Congo - Kinshasa flagCongo - Kinshasa
  • Cook Islands flagCook Islands
  • Côte d’Ivoire flagCôte d’Ivoire
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Curaçao flagCuraçao
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic
  • Ecuador flagEcuador
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Eswatini flagEswatini
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Falkland Islands flagFalkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands flagFaroe Islands
  • Fiji flagFiji
  • French Guiana flagFrench Guiana
  • French Polynesia flagFrench Polynesia
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Gambia flagGambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Gibraltar flagGibraltar
  • Greenland flagGreenland
  • Guadeloupe flagGuadeloupe
  • Guam flagGuam
  • Guernsey flagGuernsey
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • Guyana flagGuyana
  • Haiti flagHaiti
  • India flagIndia
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Iran flagIran
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Isle of Man flagIsle of Man
  • Jamaica flagJamaica
  • Jersey flagJersey
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan
  • Laos flagLaos
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Lesotho flagLesotho
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Mali flagMali
  • Martinique flagMartinique
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Mayotte flagMayotte
  • Mongolia flagMongolia
  • Montserrat flagMontserrat
  • Morocco flagMorocco
  • Mozambique flagMozambique
  • Myanmar (Burma) flagMyanmar (Burma)
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • New Caledonia flagNew Caledonia
  • Niger flagNiger
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Niue flagNiue
  • Norfolk Island flagNorfolk Island
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands flagNorthern Mariana Islands
  • Oman flagOman
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Palestinian Territories flagPalestinian Territories
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • Philippines flagPhilippines
  • Pitcairn Islands flagPitcairn Islands
  • Puerto Rico flagPuerto Rico
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Réunion flagRéunion
  • Russia flagRussia
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • São Tomé & Príncipe flagSão Tomé & Príncipe
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Senegal flagSenegal
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Sint Maarten flagSint Maarten
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa
  • South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands flagSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan
  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • St. Barthélemy flagSt. Barthélemy
  • St. Helena flagSt. Helena
  • St. Martin flagSt. Martin
  • St. Pierre & Miquelon flagSt. Pierre & Miquelon
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • Svalbard & Jan Mayen flagSvalbard & Jan Mayen
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Thailand flagThailand
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Tokelau flagTokelau
  • Tunisia flagTunisia
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Turks & Caicos Islands flagTurks & Caicos Islands
  • U.S. Virgin Islands flagU.S. Virgin Islands
  • Uganda flagUganda
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu
  • Vietnam flagVietnam
  • Wallis & Futuna flagWallis & Futuna
  • Western Sahara flagWestern Sahara
  • Yemen flagYemen
  • Zambia flagZambia
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe

Questions

Who can visit the Schengen area without a visa?

95 passports can enter the Schengen area without a visa. Pick your passport above for your answer.

How long can I stay in the Schengen area?

It depends on the passport and the way in. Visa free short stay (Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 Annex II): up to 90 days in any 180 day period across all 29 Schengen states. ETIAS travel authorisation (not yet in operation): same as visa free stay (90 in 180). Uniform short stay Schengen visa (type C): up to 90 days in any 180 day period.

How do I apply for a the Schengen area visa?

If your passport needs a visa, apply for the Uniform short stay Schengen visa (type C) (official fee €90) at the embassy or visa centre. An interview is part of the process.

Visas

Official sources

Checked on November 4, 2026

Sroky is a private company and is not part of any government. The destination decides on every entry. Rules change: the official source always applies.