Amazwe aseSchengen 2013

Kusukela ukusayinwa kwesivumelwano se-Schengen, ukuhamba sekuye kwaba lula kakhulu. Njengoba kuyaziwa, amazwe alesi sivumelwano aqeda ukulawulwa kwepasipoti ngesikhathi sokuwela kwemingcele ngaphakathi kwendawo yeSchengen. Ngaphambi kokuhlela iholidi, kufanelekile ukufunda uhlu lwezwe le-Schengen kanye nama-nuances ambalwa.

Amazwe endzawo yeSchengen

Kuze kube manje, kunamazwe angamashumi amabili nanhlanu endaweni yeSchengen. Okokuqala, ake sibheke uhlu lamazwe ase-Schengen:

1. E-Austria
2. Belgium
3. Hungary
4. EJalimane
5. Greece
6. Denmark
7. I-Iceland
8. I-Spain (i-Andorra ingena ngokuzenzekelayo nayo)
9. I-Italy (ngokufaka ngokuzenzakalelayo i-San Marino)
10. I-Latvia
11. I-Lithuania
12. Liechtenstein
13. Luxembourg
14. Malta
15. I-Netherlands (Holland)
16. ENorway
17. I-Poland
18. EPortugal
19. ISlovakia
20. I-Slovenia
21. Finland
22. I-France (ngokufaka ngokuzenzakalelayo i-Monaco)
23. I-Czech Republic
24. ESwitzerland
25. Sweden
26. Estonia

Amazwe e-Schengen Union

Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi kukhona umehluko phakathi kwamazwe angamalungu omkhakha weSchengen namazwe asayine lesi sivumelwano.

Isibonelo, i-Ireland ayiqedanga ukulawula ipasipoti ne-Great Britain, kodwa isayine isivumelwano. Futhi iBulgaria, iRomania kanye neCyprus zilungele ukuyikhansela. Njengoba wazi, kunenkinga encane enyakatho yeKyprus, ngoba ukungena kwaseCyprus kuya eSchengen kungase kuhlehliswe unomphela. Futhi iBulgaria neRomania basalokhu bevalele eJalimane naseNetherlands.

Ngo-2013, iCroatia yajoyina i-European Union. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, akazange angene endaweni yeSchengen. Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi i- visa kazwelonke yeCroatia kanye ne-visa ye-Schengen yizinto ezihlukile. Kodwa ungangena kuleli lizwe nge-visa ye-Schengen kuze kube nguDisemba 3, 2013. Ukungena endaweni yeSchengen kulindeleke ekupheleni kuka-2015. Ngakho-ke, uhlu lwamanye amazwe afakwe eSchengen, kusukela ngo-2010 alishintshile.

Kuvela ukuthi izakhamizi zamazwe asithathu zithola i-visa kwelinye lamazwe ase-Schengen ngo-2013 futhi ingavakashela wonke amazwe asayina ngesisekelo salesi visa.

Amazwe e-Schengen angavakashela:

• izakhamuzi zanoma yiliphi izwe lamaSchengen;
• Abantu abanalo i-visa yanoma yiliphi izwe le-Schengen;
• izakhamuzi zamazwe asithathu, lapho kunombuso wama-visa-free nanoma yiziphi izivumelwano zesiSchengen.

Kwezinye izimo eYurophu ngaphandle kwe-visa ye-Schengen ungathola esimweni sokuthi kune-visa-free regime. Ukuze izakhamuzi zamazwe ezingewona amalungu ohlwini lwe-Schengen, kunemikhawulo ethile.

Isibonelo, i-visa kumele icelwe kuphela ezweni elizohlala indawo yakho eyinhloko. Futhi unesibopho sokungena emazweni kusuka kuhlu lwe-Schengen ezweni elikunike i-visa. Kufanele ulungiselele ezinye izinkinga uma kufanele ufike lapho ngokuhamba. Ukuhlolwa kwamasiko kuzodingeka kuchaze ngokuningiliziwe futhi ngokucacile kubaphathi bamasiko ngenhloso yohambo lwakho.

Kubaluleke kakhulu ngaphambi kohambo ukuphinde ubone amazwe aseSchengen aswele. Iqiniso liwukuthi zonke iziphambano ziwela kwisisekelo sekhompyutha esisodwa. Uma kukhona ukwephulwa kwepasipoti lawula kwelinye lamazwe ase-Schengen, ngesikhathi esizayo ungavinjelwa ukungena noma yikuphi kwalolu hlu noma ukumane ungakhipha i-visa.

Ukubhaliswa kwe-visa emazweni ase-Schengen 2013

Ukuze uthole i-visa, kufanele ufake isicelo se-ambassy of the country ezoba indawo esemqoka yokuhlala. Inqubo yokuthola imibhalo edingekayo futhi edingekayo izakhamizi zamazwe ahlukene ahlukile, kodwa kunezidingo eziyisisekelo.

Kumelwe ugcwalise ifomu le-Schengen, unikeze wonke amadokhumenti ecacisa injongo yokuvakashelwa nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ungubani, isimo sakho sezezimali.