Visa for Spain?

[sassy12]

Do we need to get Visas to enter Spain?

[CruisinGerman]

Dear friends:

 

A U.S. citizen does not require a visa for Spain (or for any other Schengen country) for visits within the entire Schengen area lasting up to 90 days in any six-month period.

 

A longer visit, or a visit for purposes other than tourism or general business (such as employment, retirement residency, long-term study, etc.) would require a visa and other formalities.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Kind regards,

 

Gunther and Uta

 

Madrid

[financialgrl]

Google, US Department of State. Wealth of info about travel restrictions along with visa requirements. Also the entry requirements for each country list all those idiosyncracies of travel these days. An example: passports are good for 10 years but many countries say you must have 6 months left on your passport before they'll allow you to enter their country. Whether you'd really be denied access into the country or not considering you still have a valid passport is probably just another case of you being at the mercy of whoever is "on duty" any given day working the immigration area as you are entering but always best to know that type stuff ahead of time.

[English_in_Spain]

Do we need to get Visas to enter Spain?

 

No. But doesn't that seem unfair against what we need just for landing at Miami to get on a cruise :confused:

If you agree, contact your politicians to create a level playing field.

[sassy12]

Thanks for all your replies. DH and I cannot wait until May to spend four nights post cruise in Barcelona.

[Hlitner]

No. But doesn't that seem unfair against what we need just for landing at Miami to get on a cruise :confused:

If you agree, contact your politicians to create a level playing field.

 

You have a good point and perhaps if the EU countries all worked together and pushed the issue our governement might listen. On the other hand, our government does not even listen to us :) One country who has decided to stand their ground against the USA is Brazil. They make it a pain for us to get their Visas and they charge a lot of money for their Visas. We actually spoke to the Deputy Brazilian Cunsul in Washington DC and he explained that Brazil intentially jerks around US travelers in retaliation for the US governments ridiculous policies enforced against Brazilians trying to travel to the USA. Our country likes to jerk around our friends, but has no problem letting others simply walk across the Mexican border Go figure.

 

Hank