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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Romania and Bulgaria will join the Schengen zone, the world's largest free travel area, on January 1, 2025, the official website of the European Council reports. "It is a historic moment to finally ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Mykyta Vorobiov is a student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He is currently in Zagreb, Croatia. As a Ukrainian correspondent for JURIST now studying at the University of Zagreb, I ...

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 ...