Beginning in 2021, you’ll need preauthorization to visit certain European countries, the European Union recently announced. Here's what you need to know:
U.S. travelers can move easily from country to country, for the most part. For instance, if you want to go to France next weekend, you get on a plane and go to France.
If you have visited China, Russia or India, for instance, you’ve had to jump through hoops to get that official visa. You may need to make an in-person visit to an embassy or consulate, although increasingly electronic visas are being used. What the European Union is asking for is not nearly as cumbersome because it is not a visa, it has emphasized repeatedly. And, said Maria Belovas, a representative for the EU delegation in Washington, D.C., the permission will cost less than most visas , can be done online and will take considerably less time.
The U.S. State Department explains the Schengen area as “encompass 26 European countries, where internal border checks have largely been abolished for short-term tourism, a business trip, or transit to a non-Schengen destination.”: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; and Switzerland.
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