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The Schengen visa

A Schengen visa is an authorisation issued by a Schengen state that allows travellers to enter the Schengen area for:

  • intended short stays in or transit through the territory of a Schengen state (short stay visa)
  • transit through the international transit areas of airports of the Schengen states (airport transit visa)

Short stays are stays of no more than 90 days within any 180-day period.

This interactive map shows the EU and non-EU countries issuing Schengen visas, as well as the EU countries that don’t issue Schengen visas.Text version

EU countries issuing Schengen visas

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden

Non-EU countries issuing Schengen visas

  • Iceland
  • Liechtenstein
  • Norway
  • Switzerland

EU countries not issuing Schengen visas

  • Cyprus
  • Ireland