Who Needs a Schengen Visa and who is exempt?
You can quickly determine whether or not you need a Schengen Visa by seeing if your country is included in the list below.
If you hold a passport from one of the following countries, you will need a Schengen Visa:
AFGHANISTAN
ALGERIA
ANGOLA
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BELARUS
BELIZE
BENIN
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
BOTSWANA
BURKINA FASO
BURMA/MYANMAR
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CAPE VERDE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
CHINA
COMOROS
CONGO
COTE D’IVOIRE
CUBA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRAQ
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAOS
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALDIVES
MALI
MAURITANIA
MONGOLIA
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NEPAL
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORTH KOREA
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PHILIPPINES
QATAR
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SOMALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH SUDAN
SRI LANKA
SUDAN
SURINAME
SWAZILAND
SYRIA
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
THAILAND
TOGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VIETNAM
YEMEN
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
Territories not officially recognised by at least one Schengen Member Country
KOSOVO (As defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999)
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
If you hold a passport from one of the following countries, you will not need a visa when crossing the border of a Schengen Member Country, exceptions noted where applicable
ALBANIA (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
ANDORRA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BAHAMAS
BARBADOS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
BRAZIL
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
CANADA
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
DOMINICA
EL SALVADOR
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
GEORGIA (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
GRENADA
GUATEMALA
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
HONDURAS
ISRAEL
JAPAN
KIRIBATI
MALAYSIA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MICRONESIA
MOLDOVA (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
MONACO
MONTENEGRO (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
PALAU
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
SAMOA
SAN MARINO
SEYCHELLES
SERBIA (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports, yet excludes holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava).
SINGAPORE
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH KOREA
ST KITTS AND NEVIS
ST LUCIA
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
TIMOR-LESTE
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TUVALU
UKRAINE (The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM (Includes British nationals (Overseas), British overseas territories citizens (BOTC), British overseas citizens (BOC), British protected persons (BPP), British subjects (BS))
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
URUGUAY
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China
HONG KONG S.A.R. (The visa exemption applies only to holders of a “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” passport)
MACAO S.A.R. (The visa exemption applies only to holders of a “Região Administrativa Especial de Macau” passport)
Entities and territorial authorities not recognised as States by at least one Member State
TAIWAN