Europe Tourist Visa
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We are committed to offering expert guidance for visa applications across all Schengen countries, providing our clients with efficient support in securing their visas within the shortest timeframe.
Why Schengen Visa?
The Schengen Area encompasses 26 European countries that have eliminated internal borders, allowing for free movement of citizens while maintaining strict external border controls to combat crime and enhance judicial and police cooperation.
This region includes most European nations, excluding Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Cyprus, which will soon be part of it. Countries such as Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, while not EU members, are included in the Schengen region. The 26 Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Slovakia.
Schengen Visa Duration
The Schengen visa allows for short stays of up to 90 days for tourism or business across any member state. It is the most commonly used visa for travel to Europe, enabling holders to enter, move freely within, and exit the Schengen Area.
Within this region, there are no border controls; however, if you plan to study, work, or reside in a Schengen country for more than 90 days, you must apply for a national visa for that specific country. In 2019, over 14 million individuals traveled across Europe using their Schengen visa.
The Uniform Schengen Visa (USV) allows for transit or short stays within the territory for up to 90 days and can be reapplied for every six months, starting from the entry date into the Schengen Area. Essentially, this means you can stay in the Schengen region for 90 days within any 180-day period, with the 180-day count commencing upon your arrival.
Airport Transit
This entry is intended for individuals who need to fly without entering the Schengen Country via the international zone of the Schengen Airport. A very narrow list of countries whose citizens must be in possession of this visa has been drawn up by the Schengen states. Some member states, on the other hand, have added other countries to their list.
Transit
This is quite close to the purpose of travel explained earlier. For the most part, international seafarers, who only need to stop at the seaport of one of the Member States for very short periods of time, verify this intent of travel in their Application Form.
Tourism
This is one of the most popular destinations for visiting the Schengen region. For sightseeing and experiencing their culture, architecture, food and much more, people who intend to visit any of the countries in this territory should choose this intention of traveling in their application form.
Visiting Family or Friends
If they wish to visit them, people who have family members or friends legally residing in the Schengen region can apply for this visa. There are also special conditions for this visa that the applicant must meet, such as a letter of invitation, in order for the application to be successful.
Business Meeting
For business purposes, many individuals also fly to and from the Schengen countries. There are also benefits of applying for such a visa, as being able to get a faster appointment while there is a large number of people applying during the peak season of visa applications.
Official visit
If you are travelling on an official duty to the Schengen Area, you will have to tick “Official visit” in your application form. Even if you are traveling together with a large delegation with the same travel dates and official intent, you will have to verify this visa purpose.
Medical Purposes
If you are traveling to any of the Schengen territory Member States to seek medical attention, in your application form, you can pick ‘medical reasons’. This visa allows patients to get the medical treatment they need within 180 days for a duration of three months at any medical clinic or hospital.
Study Motive
Students can apply for a Schengen study visa and should tick this visa purpose if they want to pursue some form of study
Cultural Events and Film Crew
This is a visa created for individuals living outside the Schengen region who wish to travel to Europe to participate in a cultural/sports/religious event and for a film crew. As a performer at a festival, or a writer introducing their book at a book fair, and not an audience, the applicant should be part of the case.
Other
If your intention of admission to the Schengen Area does not conform to any of the above-mentioned reasons, in the application form you will have to tick the option “Other”. You will still need to define the reason for the trip, though. You may write “Religious Visit” or “Religious Purposes” in a brief, simple sentence to attend a religious event or anything similar.
It is an insight into the Europe Tourist Visitor Visa and the basics of it. If you think it’s too difficult and confusing to handle, we are just a call away at Auscanz Education Immigration Consultants and we will handle it all for you while you enjoy our hospitality and our highly skilled staff’s expertise. Rest assured of our advice, encouragement and clarity from our experts and see your dream of getting a Schengen Visa come true and with so much ease.