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Short-term Visa (stay up to 90 days) - exemptions

06.02.2019 / 23:20 | Aktualizováno: 09.05.2023 / 23:09

Short-term visa is issued as a Schengen visa, i.e. grants a possibility of stay in the Schengen Territory for a maximum of 90 days within a half-year.

List of States whose citizens are exempt from the visa requirement for travel to the Schengen Area –  is based on Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, as amended:

List of States whose citizens are exempt from the visa requirement for travel to the Schengen Area

 

ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) should enter into force in 2024. The system will apply to visa-free stays of no more than 90 days. More information on the official website: www.europa.eu/etias

Visa exemptions apply only to short stays up to 90 days of non-profit nature. If the purpose of stay is employment, Schengen (short-term) visa for the purpose of employment is required.

Visa-free regime applies to citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia only if they are holders of biometric passports.

Holders of Serbian passports issued by the Special Coordination Directorate in Belgrade are excluded from the visa-free regime.

Visa-free regime applies to holders of passports issued by Taiwan only if their passport contains an identity card number.