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Visa-free, 90 days
You may stay up to 90 days in any 180 days.
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Your stay
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Official wording
Nationals of third countries listed in Annex II shall be exempt from the requirement set out in Article 3(1) for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period. … Andorra … Antigua and Barbuda … Argentina … Australia … Barbados … Brunei … Brazil … Bahamas … Canada … Chile … Colombia … Costa Rica … Guatemala … Honduras … Israel … Japan … Saint Kitts and Nevis … South Korea … Monaco … Mauritius … Mexico … Malaysia … Nicaragua … New Zealand … Panama … Paraguay … Solomon Islands … Seychelles … Singapore … San Marino … El Salvador … Trinidad and Tobago … United Kingdom (excluding British nationals as referred to in Part 3) … United States … Uruguay … Holy See … Venezuela … Samoa … British nationals (Overseas) … British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) … British overseas citizens (BOC) … British protected persons (BPP) … British subjects (BS)
Aevamo’s reading
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 is the instrument that creates the obligation: Article 3(1) requires nationals of Annex I third countries to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders, and Article 4(1) grants the Annex II exemption. The Schengen Borders Code supplies the 90-in-180 duration but does not itself impose or waive the visa requirement.
Article 4(1) grants nationals of third countries listed in Annex II an exemption from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, and Annex II names each of these issuers (the states and the British nationals categories in Part 3) without any attached note, so their exemption is unconditional.
Annex II notes 7 and 11 read 'The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Union' and note 20 reads 'from 1 January 2024, whichever date comes first'; those notes attach only to the entries that carry them, and none of the issuers in this row carries one, so no commencement condition applies to them.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
visa-reg: EUR-Lex consolidated text dated 30/12/2025, marked in force. schengen-borders: EUR-Lex consolidation dated 12/10/2025, marked in force.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
The rule is one instrument covering 29 places, so this answer is the same for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany and 22 more .
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.