“The EU takes one other step in direction of enhancing people-to-people contact with India. New Schengen visa regime provides Indian frequent travellers entry to multi-year visa (as much as 5 years.) Europe delivers on the partnership,” stated Herve Delphin, EU Ambassador to India, in a social media submit on X.
Commonplace guidelines for Schengen visas permit the holder to journey freely within the Schengen space, comprising 29 European nations, for brief stays of a most of 90 days in any 180-day interval. The visas don’t grant the precise to work.
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“Based on the newly adopted visa ‘cascade’ regime for India, Indian nationals can now be issued long-term, multi-entry Schengen visas legitimate for 2 years after having obtained and lawfully used two visas inside the earlier three years. The 2-year visa will usually be adopted by a five-year visa, if the passport has enough validity remaining. Throughout the validity interval of those visas, holders take pleasure in journey rights equal to visa-free nationals,” per an announcement issued by the EU on Monday. The brand new guidelines for India had been adopted by the EU on April 18, 2024.
Strengthened ties
This determination comes within the context of strengthened relations underneath the EU-India Widespread Agenda on Migration and Mobility, which seeks complete cooperation on migration coverage between the EU and India, with facilitation of people-to-people contacts being of key facet because of the significance of India as a companion for the EU, the assertion added.
The Schengen space contains Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden, together with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
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