Schengen Visa
A Schengen visa is a short-stay visa that allows a person to travel to any member of the Schengen Area, per stay up to 90 days for tourism or business purposes.
The Schengen Visa allows you to visit or travel 27 countries within the Schengen area during the same validity period .
Type A Schengen visa or Airport Transit Visa
Type A visa allows citizens of non-Schengen states to transit through or wait for their connecting flight in the international zone of an airport located in a Schengen country.
Type B Schengen visa:
The type B visa relates to journeys lasting fewer than five days has been replaced by type “C” with the condition “transit”
Type C Schengen visa:
The short stay Schengen visa is the most common one. It is issued by the visa services (embassies, consulates, appointed external providers) of a country belonging to the Schengen area. It allows the holder to stay or travel freely in the Schengen area for less than 90 days over a 180 day period.
Type D Schengen visa or national long-stay visa:
The national visa is the type D long-stay Schengen visa. It is mandatory for any foreigner wishing to study, work or live in a Schengen country for longer than 90 days (up to 1 year). It allows its holder to travel and stay in the Schengen area outside of the originally chosen Schengen country for periods of 90 days maximum over 180 days and during the entire validity period of their visa.
The travel purposes which can justify applying for a category D visa are:
- tourism or private visits
- professional activities
- to study, to take part in a training program or complete an internship
- family reasons