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Hello fellow Australians. Travelling to France on Aussie passport, is it still current NO VISA required as exempt travelling in the Schengen area please
A visa isn't required, but a type of visa waiver, an Electronic Travel Authorization is required, just like citizens of many countries need an ESTA to travel to the US.For example, Australia requires a visa for US citizens which is really just a tax.
I believe the ESTA is a coming requirement for ALL nationalities but the requirement has not yet commenced. 2024 rings a bell?A visa isn't required, but a type of visa waiver, an Electronic Travel Authorization is required, just like citizens of many countries need an ESTA to travel to the US.
Think you're OK according to this link...I better check on that. Travelling from Australia June 28th
The ESTA has been a requirement for most Europeans for quite some time. Pretty much the same for a Canadian ETA visa waiver. The EU will have the ETIAS starting in 2024 (unless they delay it again).I believe the ESTA is a coming requirement for ALL nationalities but the requirement has not yet commenced. 2024 rings a bell?
Australians with Commonwealth passports are treated the same as UK passport holders. No visa requirement but can only spend 90 days in Shengen areas which includes most of EuropeHello fellow Australians. Travelling to France on Aussie passport, is it still current NO VISA required as exempt travelling in the Schengen area please
“The ETIAS must be applied for online prior to arrival to the EU. Each eligible traveller, regardless of age, will require an ETIAS to visit EU member countries.”I will put my ex Border Force pedant hat on here and say that every traveller, without exception, requires a visa.The difference is that in many cases the visa is granted on arrival without needing to apply beforehand, as is the case we are discussing here.
No you don’t have to apply. You may or maybe given a visa upon entering Shengen areas. Different types of visas are required if you intend to work or live in those areas. If your Camino/travel is completed within the 90 day period NO visa needs to be applied for if you have a UK or Commonwealth Passport.“The ETIAS must be applied for online prior to arrival to the EU. Each eligible traveller, regardless of age, will require an ETIAS to visit EU member countries.”
I dunno. Sure sounds like you have to apply before arriving…
Hi, did they ask for covid vaccination proof - ie International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate.We just flew into Madrid with no issues. Immigration just asked if we were from Australia after looking at passport and that was it. Straight through.
“The ETIAS must be applied for online prior to arrival to the EU. Each eligible traveller, regardless of age, will require an ETIAS to visit EU member countries.”
I dunno. Sure sounds like you have to apply before arriving…
When ETIAS goes into effect next year you will have to apply online prior to travel, just as those traveling to the US from many countries have to apply for an ESTA prior to travel.No you don’t have to apply. You may or maybe given a visa upon entering Shengen areas. Different types of visas are required if you intend to work or live in those areas. If your Camino/travel is completed within the 90 day period NO visa needs to be applied for if you have a UK or Commonwealth Passport.
Next yearWhen ETIAS goes into effect next year you will have to apply online prior to travel, just as those traveling to the US from many countries have to apply for an ESTA prior to travel.
We had the first announcement in March 2019 about ETIAS being put into operation, “starting in 2021“ (click here).Next year
Pity. My wife and I were quite excited this morning to get our Schengen entry stamps at CDG.The first thing you are likely to notice of the coming big change: no more Schengen entry/exit stamps in your Australian and US passports.
Erm … just for info: One poster opined (wrongly) that the conditions for entering the Schengen area could be different for Australians and US Americans. It isn’t. Same conditions - no visa required for a stay of up to 90 days.
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Oh sorry, I was perhaps not clear in my post: the abolition of the entry/exit stamps is also not yet for today or tomorrow (although an initial deadline had been scheduled for this spring if memory does not fail me). I find them quite cute. I envy you third country nationals - my passport is so empty and even the UK does not stamp it for me.Pity. My wife and I were quite excited this morning to get our Schengen entry stamps at CDG.
I wouldn't be too envious of the third country Brits at the moment. Our passport service has just gone on strike for five weeks. So if your passport is filled up with stamps you might have to wait a long time for a new one.I envy you third country nationals - my passport is so empty and even the UK does not stamp it for me.
One can argue semantics and say the entrance stamp is effectively the same as a visa, but officially, it is "visa-exempt" or "no visa required" for those of us from countries on that list.I will put my ex Border Force pedant hat on here and say that every traveller, without exception, requires a visa.The difference is that in many cases the visa is granted on arrival without needing to apply beforehand, as is the case we are discussing here.
I lost my credencial and can't find my diary. But I know exactly where my passport is, so I value the stamps in it. Not just for memory, but also for a record of my travels. USA CBP allegedly has a record of every entry or exit, but when I requested mine, they took half a year to send me a list of about half of them, and some of those were wrong. Even had me leaving twice without coming back.Oh sorry, I was perhaps not clear in my post: the abolition of the entry/exit stamps is also not yet for today or tomorrow (although an initial deadline had been scheduled for this spring if memory does not fail me). I find them quite cute. I envy you third country nationals - my passport is so empty and even the UK does not stamp it for me.
Hi 1elantra,Hello fellow Australians. Travelling to France on Aussie passport, is it still current NO VISA required as exempt travelling
I must admit I assumed that the Schengen entry stamp just indicated the place and date of one's arrival, and didn't have anything to say about one's visa status. One might infer from the absence of a visa in a passport that it was under a visa-exempt category. This is in contrast to the UK practice before the implementation of smart gates where the passport stamp made some statement about what category of entry was being granted.One can argue semantics and say the entrance stamp is effectively the same as a visa, but officially, it is "visa-exempt" or "no visa required" for those of us from countries on that list.
Or, instead of arguing semantics on social media, one can read what the Schengen Border Code (=law) says about stamping. Note: third-country national is anyone who presents a passport that has not been issued by an EU country or by Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Lichtenstein; travel document means passport. In short, all your passports get stamped at the external Schengen border, whether you had to apply for a visa or whether you benefit from the visa waiver option. Quote:One can argue semantics and say the entrance stamp is effectively the same as a visa, but officially, it is "visa-exempt" or "no visa required" for those of us from countries on that list.
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