On 8 November 2017, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) endorsed, on behalf of the Council, a mandate for negotiations on three regulations on the use of the Schengen Information System: ...

Authorities in the United Kingdom have made unauthorized copies of data stored inside a EU database for tracking undocumented migrants, missing people, stolen cars, or suspected criminals. Named the ...

The Schengen Information System is being reinforced through updated rules which will address potential gaps in the system and introduce several essential changes on the types of alert entered. This ...

In the last week, the Romanian police and those from the territory of the Schengen member states detected 469 people, 43 vehicles and 43 documents that were the subject of alerts entered into the ...

Passport and Schengen Visa message over a Map of the of the 26 countries that compose the Schengen Zone; Concept of ETIAS or European Travel Information and Authorisation System. Expected to enter ...

Cyprus has charted a course full-steam ahead to joining the Schengen area, with the government insisting it can get to its destination by sometime next year. But amid the apparently buoyant mood, ...

The Schengen information system is celebrating 30 years of ensuring the free movement of people between the signatory countries of the agreement of the same name. Schengen has had to be updated to ...

The seemingly endless queues at border crossings, immigration officials studying your documents, the restrictions to movement within Europe. These are all things which, for many Europeans, belong to ...

145 million euros, that’s how much applicants lost on failed Schengen visa bids in 2024. According to SchengenVisaInfo statistics, European consulates rejected 1.7 million out of 11.7 million ...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Switzerland's decision to impose a travel ban on Libyan officials has prompted retaliation by Tripoli, which has imposed visa restrictions on all visitors from the Schengen area -- ...

The emotional and financial loss can be huge. False or forged documents lead to visa rejection and may cause entry bans or penalties. Visa denial occurs if the travel purpose is unclear or ...