"One year from the Visa Facilitation Agreement. What has really changed?"
European Movement in Albania (EMA) has the pleasure to share with you the recent publication "One year from the Visa Facilitation Agreement. What has really changed?" prepared by the policy research team, with the support of Balkan Trust for Democracy, a Project of the German Marshall Fund.
European Movement in Albania (EMA) has the pleasure to share with you the recent publication "One year from the Visa Facilitation Agreement. What has really changed?" prepared by the policy research team, with the support of Balkan Trust for Democracy, a Project of the German Marshall Fund.
EMA Policy Paper No 1
European Movement in Albania (EMA) supported by the Think Tank Fund, Open Society Institute, has prepared the first of its series of Policy Papers: "Albania's application for membership in the EU, Time for tangible results".
European Movement in Albania (EMA) supported by the Think Tank Fund, Open Society Institute, has prepared the first of its series of Policy Papers: "Albania's application for membership in the EU, Time for tangible results".
Common report
On 1 January 2008 the Visa Facilitation Agreement1 (VFA) came into force for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia with the aim to enable easier Schengen visa procedures for travelling to the EU. The VFA envisages benefits such as a unified visa fee of 35 Euro, a further total exemption from the fee for certain categories of applicants on personal or professional grounds, decisions on visas are to be made within 10 calendar days and the requirements in terms of the accompanying documents have been simplified. From this stems the expectation that the travel to the 24 countries in the Schengen zone should now be easier, including the obtaining of multiple-entry short-term visas.
On 1 January 2008 the Visa Facilitation Agreement1 (VFA) came into force for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia with the aim to enable easier Schengen visa procedures for travelling to the EU. The VFA envisages benefits such as a unified visa fee of 35 Euro, a further total exemption from the fee for certain categories of applicants on personal or professional grounds, decisions on visas are to be made within 10 calendar days and the requirements in terms of the accompanying documents have been simplified. From this stems the expectation that the travel to the 24 countries in the Schengen zone should now be easier, including the obtaining of multiple-entry short-term visas.
European Movement in Albania
(EMA) is an independent organization, organized in the form of an NGO
combining think tank and advocacy instruments. European Movement in
Albania was established in February 2007 and became member of European
Movement International.
