Friday, January 28, 2011
Travelling from South Africa to Europe. What visas do I need?
Travelling from South Africa to Europe. What visas do I need?
My friends and i are planning a trip to Europe at the end of next year. We're from South Africa. What visas do we need to visit the whole of europe? Also, we would will have just finished 12th grade. How do we get student forms etc? Thanks!
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some european countries have joined a free no border policy agreement called the schengen agreement. when european countries sign this agreement ppl from one country can travel freely to another without a visa. if u are traveling to europe u have to get a schengen visa, u can get student prices. im not sure how much. but the prices will be listed on the embassy website. how does schengen visa work? u have to apply at the country of embassy where u intend to stay the longest. if u are not sure, for example u might plan 2 or 3 days in each country. in that case u have to apply at the country of embassy where ur first destination would be. the visa is for 90 days and called a short stay single visa. there is a multi visa too where u can come out of the shcengen area and re enter it. if u get a single short stay visa the moment u get out of the schengen area your visa will expire even though the 90 days has not been fulfilled .. the visa is i think 60 euros... check from the embassy where u plan to get the visa. UK is not in the schengen area, so if u want to come to UK u have to apply for a different visa (UK tourist visa)... the schengen countries are 15 i think.. not sure. so u can travel with just one visa to all those 15 counties freely without any boarder control.. there are numerous cheap hostels around and u need to book them in advance because for a shengen visa u need to prove where u would be staying for your entire trip. other documents include travel insurance, bank statements flight bookings. good luck with your trip cheers
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You may travel visa-free for six months to the United Kingdom http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/visadatvnationals and for three months to the Republic of Ireland. http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=8777 To visit Turkey for 1 month, you can obtain a visa at the border gate by paying $15 or รข‚¬10. http://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-fees-at-border-gates-for-2008.en.mfa To visit the Schengen States for totally 90 days in an 180 days period you need to apply for a visa in advance at the Embassy of the country where you plan your predominantly stay. If your stay should be equally distributed you are supposed to apply at the Embassy of the country by which you enter the Schengen area. Schengen states are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Entry procedures and requirements for visa are the same for every Schengen state. I just add the detailed overview of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for information: http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Stranieri/ServReteConsolare.htm#entry Other european countries have similar visa requirements. You may check those at the various Embassies in your country; addresses and/or websites can be found on the internet presence of the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.dfa.gov.za/foreign/forrep/index.htm
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