visas

[greg nice]

whats the deal? say you want to backpack europe for like 3-4 months and you just stumble into random countries. i know many are visa exempt or whatever. what about ones that arent? what do you have to do to get a visa to get entrance?

[Cancuk]

Lots of visas are provided at the border, some you have to go to the countries embassy and apply for one. Very few European visa's are hard to get (Romania comes to mind on one that's not super easy).

Easy stuff.

[steel108]

Do I need Visas for any of these places: England, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Netherlands?

[Cancuk]

All EU, so no.

But Google is your friend on these questions.

[BigPoppa]

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Do I need Visas for any of these places: England, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Netherlands?

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Assuming you are America, no visa needed.
However, there is a limit to how long you can spend in one area.

All of the countries you listed other than England are part of the Schengen Zone, in which you can only spend 3 months of any 6 month period (so crossing a border and coming right back doesn't reset the timer). That's 3 months in the whole zone, not each individual country.

England and Ireland have their own rules and are not part of the Schengen Zone.
Same goes true for everything East of Germany/Austria.

[TheMetetron]

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Same goes true for everything East of Germany/Austria.

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In 2008 this will no longer be the case. They are (unfortunately) joining the Schengen region.

[steel108]

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All EU, so no.

But Google is your friend on these questions.

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I checked Google before, but this thread made it sound like some of them required visas.

[BigPoppa]

If you're American, Russia is the only European country that won't grant you a Visa or a Visa waiver on entry.

[Cancuk]

And Belarus... it's the same (rediculous) system they have in Russia.