{"question":{"passport":"AZE","destination":"VAT","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"eu-visa-reg-consolidated","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02018R1806-20241013","passage":"Nationals of third countries listed in Annex I shall be required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States.","explanation":"Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 requires nationals listed in Annex I - the nationalities of most of these issuers - to hold a visa when crossing the Schengen external border; since the Vatican is an enclave reachable only through Italian (Schengen) territory, a traveller holding one of these travel documents must obtain that visa before reaching the Vatican.","publisher":"REGULATION (EU) 2018/1806 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}