Schengen
The 90/180-day rule, Schengen visa requirements, long-stay options, and border crossing rules.
The EU Entry/Exit System (EES) Explained
What the EES records when non-EU visitors cross the Schengen area's external borders, who is exempt, how long data is kept and how to check your days left.
6 min readETIAS Explained: The EU Travel Authorisation for Visitors
Who will need ETIAS, the EUR 20 fee and who is exempt from it, how long an authorisation lasts, processing times, and what the EU has said about when it starts.
6 min readSchengen Rules for UK Citizens: 90 Days, EES and ETIAS
UK passport holders and Schengen: the 90/180-day limit, the 10-year and 3-month passport rules, the EES at Dover and St Pancras, and ETIAS (not yet running).
6 min readHow to Stay in Europe Longer Than 90 Days
National visas, digital nomad visas, and residence permits that let you stay in Schengen countries beyond 90 days.
9 min readWhat Happens If You Overstay in the Schengen Area
What the EU says happens if you stay beyond 90 days in any 180: return procedures, entry bans recorded in the SIS, refusal at the border and how the EES records it.
5 min readThe Schengen 90/180 Day Rule Explained
How the Schengen 90-day limit is counted day by day, what does and does not count, two worked examples, and what the EU says happens if you overstay.
6 min readSchengen Countries List 2026: All 29, Plus Who Is Not In
All 29 Schengen countries in 2026 in one lookup table, plus the cases people get wrong: Ireland, Cyprus, the microstates, the Faroes, Greenland and Svalbard.
8 min readHow to Get a Schengen Visa as a Non-EU Citizen
Who needs a Schengen visa, where and when to apply, the documents asked for, the €90 fee and the 15-day processing time, from the European Commission.
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