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The nationals of the following countries are subject to the visa requirement to enter or transit in the Schengen area.

  AFGHANISTAN GUINEA PERU
ALGERIA GUINEA-BISSAU PHILIPPINES
ANGOLA GUYANA QATAR
ARMENIA HAITI RUSSIA
AZERBAIJAN INDIA RWANDA
BAHRAIN INDONESIA SAMOA
BANGLADESH IRAN SAO TOME ANDPRINCIPE
BELARUS IRAQ SAUDI ARABIA
BELIZE JAMAICA SENEGAL
BENIN JORDAN SIERRA LEONE
BHUTAN KAZAKHSTAN SOLOMON ISLANDS
BOLIVIA KENYA SOMALIA
BOTSWANA KIRIBATI SOUTH AFRICA
BURKINA FASO KUWAIT SRI LANKA
BURMA/MYANMAR KYRGYZSTAN ST LUCIA
BURUNDI LAOS ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
CAMBODIA LEBANON SUDAN
CAMEROON LESOTHO SURINAME
CAPE VERDE LIBERIA SWAZILAND
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC LIBYA SYRIA
CHAD MADAGASCAR TAJIKISTAN
CHINA MALAWI TANZANIA
COLOMBIA MALDIVES THAILAND
COMOROS MALI TIMOR-LESTE
CONGO MARSHALL ISLANDS TOGO
COTE D'IVOIRE MAURITANIA TONGA
CUBA MICRONESIA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
DEM. REP. OF CONGO MOLDOVA TUNISIA
DJIBOUTI MONGOLIA TURKEY
DOMINICA MOROCCO TURKMENISTAN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOZAMBIQUE TUVALU
ECUADOR NAMIBIA UGANDA
EGYPT NAURU UKRAINE
EQUATORIAL GUINEA NEPAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ERITREA NIGER UZBEKISTAN
ETHIOPIA NIGERIA VANUATU
FIJI NORTH KOREA VIETNAM
GABON NORTHERN MARIANA'S YEMEN
GAMBIA OMAN ZAMBIA
GEORGIA PAKISTAN ZIMBABWE
GHANA PALAU  
GRENADA PAPUA NEW GUINEA  

arrow Travellers subject to the airport transit visa requirement by Schengen countries

  AFGHANISTAN ETHIOPIA NIGERIA
BANGLADESH GHANA PAKISTAN
CONGO (DRC) IRAN SOMALIA
ERITREA IRAQ SRI LANKA

However, nationals of the above countries will not be subject to the airport transit visa (ATV) requirement if they:

  • hold a valid Schengen visa, a national long-stay visa or a residence permit issued by a Schengen State; or
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  • have a valid residence permit issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the USA guaranteeing the holder's unconditional readmission; or
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  • hold a valid visa for a Schengen State or for a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992, Canada, Japan or the United States of America, or when they return from those countries after having used the visa; or
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  • are family members of citizens of the Union; or
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  • hold diplomatic passports; or
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  • are flight crew members who are nationals of a contracting Party to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.
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