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States Whose Citizens Need Visas

 

1) STATES WHOSE CITIZENS NEED VISAS for travel to the Schengen Area:

AFGHANISTAN

ALGERIA

ANGOLA

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BELARUS

BELIZE

BENIN

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHINA

COMOROS

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

CUBA

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DPR KOREA

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

FIJI

GABON

GAMBIA

GHANA

GUYANA

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

HAITI

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRAN

IRAQ

IVORY COAST

JAMAICA

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KENYA

KOSOVO

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LAOS

LEBANON

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIBYA

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MALDIVES

MALI

MAURITANIA

MONGOLIA

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

MYANMAR

NAMIBIA

NEPAL

NIGER

NIGERIA

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

VANUATU**

VIETNAM

YEMEN

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

* CZE does not recognize passports of Somalia for entry and stay.

** Visas are required only for holders of passport issued after 2015.

2) TERRITORIAL AND AUTONOMOUS UNITS, which are not recognized as states by at least one EU Member State and WHOSE RESIDENTS NEED VISAS to enter the Schengen Area:

PALESTINIAN AUTONOMOUS AUTHORITY

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Visa regime for holders of diplomatic, service and special passports may differ. Kindly contact the respective consulate.

 

Legal sources:

○ Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (codification)

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