For years, visitors from certain foreign countries have been able to travel to America without first getting a formal Visa sticker placed in their passport. We receive inquiries from individuals that could have answered “no” to Question B., but who nevertheless attended a visa interview because they were uncertain and directly consulted with the United States Embassy’s call center. If you stay more than 90 days in a 180-day period in the Schengen area without a valid visa, you may be fined or banned from entering the Schengen area.

For example, if you are visiting Germany for three days, France and the Netherlands for two days each, you would apply for your Schengen visa at the embassy or consulate of Germany. Visa processing can take up to 6 weeks during which time your passport will be unavailable for other international trips.

Also known as visas on arrival (VOA), they are granted at a port of entry. Business Visa is available to citizens of all countries except ECOWAS Nationals who do not require visa to visit Nigeria and other countries which Nigeria has entered into visa abolition agreements.

Australia has bilateral visa waiver agreements with several countries in the Schengen area. If you want to visit the Netherlands for a short stay (up to 90 days), you might need a visa. There are 25 countries which are under the Schengen agreement; a visa issued by any of these countries is called a Schengen visa.

If your application is taking longer to process than the normal time frame for that type of visa, you can contact us. Private visa, for private visits by invitation from residents of the visited country. Even though the traveler is going to conduct just one business meeting while in America, they are required to report it and enter as a business visitor.