The Schengen visa reform is valid for one year. What's going on here? The Schengen visa will increase in price from 2020 1.

Everyone knows that the Schengen visa is not so easy to handle, but if it is done, then there will be more countries that everyone can go to and it will be convenient for everyone to travel. At present, there are a series of reforms in Schengen visa, which will be much more convenient for visa processing in the future.

Schengen visa price in 2020 1 This year, the European Parliament passed the Schengen visa reform plan. Since 2020, the Schengen visa price has increased 1/3. In addition, after the reform, the application time, process and validity period of Schengen visa will be adjusted accordingly.

Before the reform, passengers can only apply for a Schengen visa three months in advance, and after the reform, they can apply six months in advance. In addition, the reformed Schengen visa can be applied online, and the whole application process is basically electronic. The validity of multiple-entry visas has been indefinite before, and it is uniformly stipulated that the validity of multiple-entry visas is at least one year. Applicants can increase the validity of multiple entry visas with the number of applications, but the longest period is not more than 5 years. In order to update equipment, increase manpower and strengthen security inspection, the short-term Schengen visa fee within 90 days will be increased 1/3.

In addition, Romania and Bulgaria won the support of the European Parliament in February last year, and these two countries are expected to become new Schengen countries. At present, Schengen countries include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Malta.

Among Schengen countries, France is the most popular destination in the world, and the second most popular Schengen visa destination is Germany. In addition, Schengen visas from Italy, Spain and Greece are also highly sought after, with Greece having the lowest refusal rate of only 4.9%.

How long is the Schengen visa reform valid for one year? Recently, the Council of the European Union announced the adoption of the proposed amendments to the Schengen visa guidelines, and the new regulations will be implemented as soon as June 5438 +2020 10. According to the new reform plan, after the implementation of the new regulations, applicants can submit their applications six months in advance to unify the validity period of multiple-entry visas.

Applicants can apply six months in advance.

It is understood that the Schengen visa can only be applied for three months in advance. After the implementation of the new regulations, applicants can submit their applications six months in advance.

In addition, the new regulations also promote online applications. The application process will be electronic, and applicants can fill in, submit and even sign the application form online. Previously, the visa validity period of Schengen member countries was "fragmented". After the implementation of the new regulations, the validity period of multiple-entry visas will be unified. The minimum period is one year, and the number of years can be increased with the number of applications, but the longest period shall not exceed five years.

After the implementation of the new regulations, in order to increase manpower, update equipment and strengthen security inspection, the short-term Schengen visa fee for less than 90 days will be increased from the current 60 euros to 80 euros. At the same time, linking the Schengen visa with a country's readmission of illegal immigrants, that is, whether a country cooperates with the European Union to readmit repatriated illegal immigrants, will affect the Schengen visa processing in that country, including the processing time, visa validity period and visa fee level.

EU takes the lead in drafting visa reform plan.

According to the data provided by the European Commission, during the 65,438+00 years from 2009 to 2065,438+08, the number of people applying for Schengen visas increased by more than 50%. In just 20 18, European Schengen countries have received more than160,000 applications and issued14.26 million Schengen visas.

At the same time, the Schengen visa application procedure has not changed since 20 10, and the tedious application procedure may reduce people's desire to invest and spend in Europe. Therefore, the European Commission took the lead in drafting the Schengen visa reform plan, and announced the details of the plan in March 20 18.

2065438+In February, 2009, the European Commission announced that the Schengen visa reform plan entered the legislative process, which was passed by the European Council on the 20th, pending approval by the European Parliament.

17 In April, the European Parliament announced that the Schengen visa reform plan was passed with 428 votes in favor, 123 votes against and 56 abstentions, which cleared the legislative obstacles for the implementation of this new regulation. According to the EU legislative procedure, with the approval of the European Council, the Schengen visa reform plan can be put into practice six months after it is officially promulgated.

As of June this year, there are 26 Schengen member countries, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Malta, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

At the same time, the European Conference adopted a non-legislative report on 2018 65438+February 1 1, inviting Romania and Bulgaria to become Schengen members. By then, the number of Schengen countries is expected to increase to 28.

According to industry insiders, although the reform has increased the short-term Schengen visa fee, optimization measures such as extending the application time, realizing the electronic application process and unifying the validity period of multiple-entry visas will help applicants to obtain visas more easily and quickly, on the other hand, it will also help the EU to cope with the ever-changing security situation, adapt to the new opportunities brought by technological innovation and effectively promote local economic development.