All passengers from countries that are not members of the European Community must have a Schengen visa to transit between two Schengen area member states.
Below you will find a list of countries whose citizens must have a visa when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement.
For more information about Schengen area borders and all the visa access conditions, please visit the European Commission webpage.
Below you will find a list of countries whose citizens must have a visa when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement.
For more information about Schengen area borders and all the visa access conditions, please visit the European Commission webpage.
- 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
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- 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
- Kosovo *
- Palestinian Authority
* As defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Dominica
- East Timor
- El Salvador
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Georgia *
- Granada
- Guatemala
- Holy See (Vatican City State)
- Honduras
- Israel
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro *
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Palau
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Santa Lucia
- Serbia * **
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
* The visa exemption applies only to holders of biometric passports.
** Excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (Koordinaciona uprava).
** Excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (Koordinaciona uprava).
- Hong Kong *
- Macau **
* The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" passport.
** The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport.
** The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau" passport.
- British overseas citizens (BOC)
- British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)
- British protected persons (BPP)
- British subjects (BS)
- Taiwan *
* The exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of passports issued by Taiwan which include an identity card number.
