Countries the nationals of which are required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States
I. List of third countries whose nationals are required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States (the list herein is established in accordance with the provisions of Regulation EU 2018/1806)
| Afghanistan * (1) |
| South Africa |
| Algeria * |
| Angola * |
| Saudi Arabia |
| Armenia |
| Azerbaijan |
| Bahrain |
| Bangladesh * (1) |
| Belarus |
| Belize |
| Benin |
| Bhutan |
| Bolivia |
| Botswana |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burma/Myanmar |
| Burundi * |
| Cambodia |
| Cameroon * |
| Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic * |
| Chad * |
| China |
| The Comoros * |
| Congo |
| Côte d'Ivoire * |
| North Korea* |
| Cuba |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo * (1) |
| Djijbouti * |
| Dominican Republic |
| Ecuador |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Egypt * (1) |
| Eritrea * (1) |
| Eswatini |
| Ethiopia (1) |
| Fiji |
| Philippines |
| Gabon * |
| Gambia |
| Ghana (1) |
| Guinea * |
| Guinea-Bissau * |
| Guyana |
| Haiti * |
| India * (1) |
| Indonesia * |
| Iran * (1) |
| Iraq * (1) |
| Jamaica |
| Jordan * |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
| Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan * |
| Laos |
| Lebanon * (1) |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia * |
| Libya * |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Maldives |
| Mali * |
| Mauritania * |
| Mongolia |
| Morocco * (1) |
| Mozambique |
| Namibia |
| Nepal(1) |
| Nauru(■) |
| Niger |
| Nigeria*(1) |
| Oman |
| Pakistan * (1) |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Qatar |
| Russia* |
| Rwanda |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Senegal |
| Sierra Leone |
| Somalia * (1) |
| Sri Lanka * (1) |
| Sudan * |
| South Sudan * |
| Surinam |
| Syria *(1) |
| Tajikistan(1) |
| Tanzania |
| Thailand |
| Togo |
| Tunisia * (1) |
| Turkey |
| Turkmenistan |
| Uganda |
| Uzbekistan *(1) |
| Vanuatu (#) |
| Vietnam |
| Yemen * (1) |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
NOTE:
* The states whose nationals must be in possession of an invitation endorsed by the Inspectorate General for Immigration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, that they must submit when applying for a short-stay visa;
(1) States whose nationals are subject to the airport transit visa requirement.
(■) The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Union.
(#) From 4th May 2022, the application of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on short-stay visa waiver for citizens of the Republic of Vanuatu holding ordinary passports issued by the Republic of Vanuatu as from 25 May 2015 shall be suspended.
NB: The Council Decision does not affect holders of ordinary passports issued before 25 May 2015, as they will continue to benefit from the visa-free regime when entering the territory of the EU MS.
2. ENTITIES AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES THAT ARE NOT RECOGNISED AS STATES BY AT LEAST ONE MEMBER STATE:
1. Palestine *
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