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=== Schengen Area (Europe) === | === Schengen Area (Europe) === | ||
* | * The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area Schengen Area] is an immigration-barrier-free zone covering most of the European Union and some additional non-EU countries, but not the UK or Ireland. | ||
* If you need a visa to visit the Schengen Area, it is easier to get such a visa if your point of arrival in the Schengen Area is the same country as your destination. (For example, if you're traveling to Spain, it is easier to arrive in Madrid after connecting in the UK or US than connecting via Amsterdam, since in the latter case getting the visa requires dealing with both the Spanish and Dutch authorities.) | * If you need a visa to visit the Schengen Area, it is easier to get such a visa if your point of arrival in the Schengen Area is the same country as your destination. (For example, if you're traveling to Spain, it is easier to arrive in Madrid after connecting in the UK or US than connecting via Amsterdam, since in the latter case getting the visa requires dealing with both the Spanish and Dutch authorities.) | ||
* If your nationality requires a visa to visit the Schengen Area and your trip does not terminate in Schengen, avoid making more than one connection in Schengen; in such a case you must get a Schengen visa, even though that's not your destination. Schengen immigration authorities look at your ''next'' point of travel (not your final one) to decide whether you need a visa; if it is Schengen, they will ask for one. | |||
=== New Zealand === | === New Zealand === | ||