A Schengen Visa allows foreigners to access the Schengen Area of Europe. The Schengen Area includes 26 countries that have agreed to allow their citizens to travel freely across internal country borders.
These countries include all of the European Union except Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Romania, and the United Kingdom. In addition, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein are members of the Schengen Border Agreement.
Schengen Visa Types according to travel purposes:
Generally, when an applicant fills the Schengen Visa application form, the applicant will also have to select a purpose of travelto enter the Schengen territory. Following find these purposes, and an explanation on what each of them stands for:
Airport Transit Visa– this purpose of entry is for people who need to travel through the international zone of a Schengen Country Airport without entering the Schengen Country. Therefore, despite of the fact that to transit through some countries you may not need an Airport Transit visas, depending on your nationality you might need it in others.
Tourism Visa – Tourist Schengen visa is a permission to visit any country within the Schengen Area for pleasure or to visit friends or family who has residence in any of the Schengen countries. During the stay with the granted visa, the holder may not engage in any gainful activity, unless the issued visa states otherwise.
Business Visa – Many people travel often to and from the Schengen countries for business purposes. The benefits of applying for such a visa are many, as i.e. being able to get a quicker appointment during the peak season of visa applications when there are a high number of people applying.
Study Purpose (Student) Visa – Students that wish to attend any type of educational institutions, as university courses, language courses and other, for a period shorter than three months, can apply for a Schengen study visa. This visa does not allow applicants for a permanent residence and involves certain restrictions.
Transit Visa – this is very similar to the previously explained purpose of travel. Mostly foreign seafarers, who only need to stop for very short periods by the seaport of one of the member states, check this purpose of travel in their application form.
Visiting Family or Friends Visa – This visa is for the people who have family members or friends legally residing in the Schengen area, if they wish to visit them. The applicant must submit a letter of invitation from the friends or family that you are visiting, in order for the application to be successful.
Cultural, Sports and Film Crews Visa – a visa established for people living outside of the Schengen area, wishing to travel to Europe for the purpose of attending a Cultural / Sports / Religious Event and Film Crews. The applicant should be a part of the event, as i.e. a performer at a concert, or a writer presenting their book at a book fair, and not only audience.
Official Visit Visa – you will have to tick “Official Visit” in your application form, if you are traveling to the Schengen Area on an official duty. You will have to select this visa type even if you are traveling together with a large delegation with identical travel dates and official purpose.
Medical reasons Visa – If you are traveling to any of the member states of the Schengen territory to seek medical treatment, then you should select ‘medical reasons’ in your application form. A medical visa enables patients to get the medical at any medical clinic or hospital for a period of three months.
Other Visas – If your purpose of entry to the Schengen Area does not match any of the purposes given above, you will have to tick the “Other Visa” option in the application form. However, you will have to specify the purpose of your travel. You will have the chance to do so in a short simple sentence, at most. That is, if wish to enter any of the member states to attend a religious event or something similar, you will have to mention it in the application.
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