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United States citizens will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2021
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:44 pm
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The EU announced on Friday that American travelers will need a new type of visa — a European Travel Information and Authorization System or ETIAS — to visit the European Schengen Area.
The Schengen Area is a zone of 26 European countries that do not have internal borders and allow people to move between them freely, including countries like Spain, France, Greece, Germany, Italy and Poland.
Currently, US citizens can travel to Europe for up to 90 days without a visa.
To apply for the ETIAS, US citizens will need a valid passport, an email account and a credit or debit card, the EU said. Minors, the website said, will still only need their normal passports to travel after the visas go into effect.
On the ETIAS website, the European Union said it “has recently decided to improve their security level to avoid any further problems with illegal migration and terrorism.”
Really, they're concerned about illegal migration and terrorism NOW?!?! Yeah, right!
The United States has been in a dispute with the EU’s European Parliament and European Commission over visas for Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Cyprus. Travelers in those five countries are the only EU nations that the US requires to apply for a visa.
In 2016, the European Commission first released a report calling for the U.S. to grant the same visa-free status to those five countries as the other 23 EU nations in exchange for U.S. citizens maintaining the same visa-free status in the Schengen Area. EU rules require equal treatment for all member states.
Sounds like a full visa war is about to start! And that will be the day when I give the EU access to my debit or credit card.
The EU announced on Friday that American travelers will need a new type of visa — a European Travel Information and Authorization System or ETIAS — to visit the European Schengen Area.
The Schengen Area is a zone of 26 European countries that do not have internal borders and allow people to move between them freely, including countries like Spain, France, Greece, Germany, Italy and Poland.
Currently, US citizens can travel to Europe for up to 90 days without a visa.
To apply for the ETIAS, US citizens will need a valid passport, an email account and a credit or debit card, the EU said. Minors, the website said, will still only need their normal passports to travel after the visas go into effect.
On the ETIAS website, the European Union said it “has recently decided to improve their security level to avoid any further problems with illegal migration and terrorism.”
Really, they're concerned about illegal migration and terrorism NOW?!?! Yeah, right! The United States has been in a dispute with the EU’s European Parliament and European Commission over visas for Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Cyprus. Travelers in those five countries are the only EU nations that the US requires to apply for a visa.
In 2016, the European Commission first released a report calling for the U.S. to grant the same visa-free status to those five countries as the other 23 EU nations in exchange for U.S. citizens maintaining the same visa-free status in the Schengen Area. EU rules require equal treatment for all member states.
Sounds like a full visa war is about to start! And that will be the day when I give the EU access to my debit or credit card.
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Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:47 pm to conservativewifeymom
Does this include Great Britain?
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:48 pm to cajuncarguy
Presumably UK won't be part of the EU by 2021. Presumably!
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:50 pm to conservativewifeymom
That's not what I asked. Would GB be included if still in the EU? Of course the weak May deal there is no telling.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:55 pm to cajuncarguy
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That's not what I asked. Would GB be included if still in the EU? Of course the weak May deal there is no telling.
The UK is not part of the Schengen, so no you won’t need to apply for this visa to visit the UK
This post was edited on 3/9/19 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:59 pm to conservativewifeymom
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US citizens will need a valid passport
That's racist.
/Dems
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:59 pm to Jorts R Us
US Citizens need a visa to visit, Muslim hordes welcomed to stay forever.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:59 pm to conservativewifeymom
I don’t think it will be popular with the countries that benefit so much from American tourism. I can see the Germans being very gung ho, and the French, not at all.
This post was edited on 3/9/19 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:00 pm to conservativewifeymom
Just tell them your a Somali migrant. No passport needed.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:06 pm to conservativewifeymom
I needed a special visa the first time I went to France, so this shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:08 pm to TBoy
Why? I've never needed a special visa anywhere in Europe.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:10 pm to TBoy
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needed a special visa the first time I went to France, so this shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
On you on some list? Or are you lying
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:14 pm to SDVTiger
Or are you lying
He's lying. Typical of him though.
He's lying. Typical of him though.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:17 pm to TBoy
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I needed a special visa the first time I went to France, so this shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
No more of a hassle than obtaining an ID to vote, right?
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:21 pm to TBoy
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needed a special visa the first time I went to France, so this shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
Short-stay visa? Film crew?
Regardless, this is quite a departure for the non-visa travel afforded to short-term visitors previously. I’ve traveled to countries were obtaining a tourist visa beforehand was a requirement and while not the worst thing in the world, it’s still a process. And every 3 years is bit of a pain, IMO. I’m used to 10-ish to renew.
This post was edited on 3/9/19 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:25 pm to conservativewifeymom
Is this for all non-EU residents or just US Citizens?
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:28 pm to TBoy
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needed a special visa the first time I went to France
You're on the sex offender registry aren't you?
Posted on 3/9/19 at 1:30 pm to conservativewifeymom
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Why? I've never needed a special visa anywhere in Europe.
This. And if that's the game they want to play? Fine. frick Yo Visa!! I prefer to keep my money in the states anyway.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 2:34 pm to conservativewifeymom
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Why? I've never needed a special visa anywhere in Europe.
Why did I need a visa to visit France the first time? Because I have been traveling internationally since before you were born, kid
Sun Sentinel, 1987
Posted on 3/9/19 at 2:38 pm to TBoy
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Because I have been traveling internationally since before you were born, kid
Bitter old white liberal: confirmed
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