US citizens will need authorization to visit 26 European countries

[Morphine Prince 109,896]

(CNN) - US citizens traveling to Europe without a visa will be a thing of the past come 2021.

The European Union announced on Friday that American travelers will need a new type of visa -- a European Travel Information and Authorization System or ETIAS -- to visit the European Schengen Area.

The Schengen Area is a zone of 26 European countries that do not have internal borders and allow people to move between them freely, including countries like Spain, France, Greece, Germany, Italy and Poland.

Currently, US citizens can travel to Europe for up to 90 days without a visa.

On the ETIAS website, the European Union said it "has recently decided to improve their security level to avoid any further problems with illegal migration and terrorism."

 

[Morphine Prince 109,896]

How DARE they? I am an AMERICAN. I deserve to enter ALL countries freely without special permits! I deserve to spread freedom everywhere! 

But build that wall! 

[ZiggyZiggs 30,067]

Lmfaoooool

I LIIVE 

[Defmix100 7,169]

they didn't already? I need a visa whenever I go to America

[Morphine Prince 109,896]

It’s just a permit you have to sign up for and pay online. 

Wooh my freedom is safe. 

[Supersonic 49,376]

Good. There's an influx of US-American immigrants trying to leech off our free universities.

[Ivannn 1,150]

it is only fair. Not all EU states have visa free status to US

[iAstroLeo 14,459]

They should already need a VISA.

It's not fair for me to need a VISA to go to America, but not the other way around

[YourCureness 2,844]

You'll deserve that.

[Melech 9,900]

It’s not visa. Fix the thread title, @Morphine Prince. 

 

The ETIAS authorisation is not a visa. Nationals of visa liberalisation countries will still be able to travel without a visa but will be required, as a mandatory condition for entry to the Schengen area, to obtain a travel authorisation prior to their travel.

 

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-3706_en.htm

 

[Morphine Prince 109,896]

2 minutes ago, Melech said:

It’s not visa. Fix the thread title, @Morphine Prince. 

 

The ETIAS authorisation is not a visa. Nationals of visa liberalisation countries will still be able to travel without a visa but will be required, as a mandatory condition for entry to the Schengen area, to obtain a travel authorisation prior to their travel.

 

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-3706_en.htm

 

I know it’s not a visa. It’s an authorization/permit but I kept it to be consistent with the article lol. 

[Melech 9,900]

1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said:

I know it’s not a visa. It’s an authorization/permit but I kept it to be consistent with the article lol. 

But it’s fake news then. 

[Morphine Prince 109,896]

1 minute ago, Melech said:

But it’s fake news then. 

The whole article explains it well. I think whoever wrote this article doesn’t know the difference between a visa and this. 

Typical American, eh? 

[Melech 9,900]

3 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

The whole article explains it well. I think whoever wrote this article doesn’t know the difference between a visa and this. 

Typical American, eh? 

Or you could have chosen this article https://thehill.com/policy/international/433237-starting-in-2021-americans-will-need-a-visa-to-travel-to-eu

instead of a wrong sensationalist headline 

[CyanLights 15,576]

take it easy