Schengen visa for UK citizen?

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Since you are a citizen of the European Union you do not need a visa to travel to any other EU country. UK is not part of the Schengen Area, so you only need a passport (or national identity card) to cross the border and that's it.

From Wikipedia:

Individuals from the following countries can enter the Schengen Area, Bulgaria,[3] Cyprus,[4] and Romania[5] without a visa: As of right, using a passport or national identity card

- Citizens of European Union member states and their special territories

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In addition to what others have said: if you're not an EU citizen you need to get a visa from the embassy of any Schengen signatory nation, probably your first port of entry, which should be good for all of them.

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As other's have stated, being a citizen of the UK you do not need to apply for a schengen visa. UK is part of the EU therefore you can travel as much as you would like to throughout the Schengen Area.

However if you were only a resident of the UK w/o full citizenship, you would only be able to stay the maximum of 90 days in a 180 day period (the days are accumulative & can be non-consecutive).

check out our site for detailed information regarding the schengen visa.

Schengen Visa HQ | Schengen Via Application: Do You Need One?

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If you hold a UK passport, then you hold a EU passport. You can legally live, work, travel and holiday in any other EU country for as long as you like, without requiring a visa.

The UK (along with Ireland and some others) are not in Schengen (some countries are in Schengen but not the EU (like Norway)). Schengen is only to make things much easier at borders. If you are in the Schengen area you don't need a passport to go from one schengen country to another. Makes it much easier if you, say, France, and lots of people are going from one country to the other.

You don't need a visa to go around the EU. You just need your passport.

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I assure you, as a UK Citizen you're a member of the EU, and can travel anywhere in that area without restriction. Travelling to France is Easy - you can fly, train, or take the ferry, and as long as you have your passport with you, or national ID card, you'll be absolutely fine.

Schengen is for people from other countries who may need a vetting process before coming into the EU - see Indian passports, or South African, but certainly not UK or any other member of the EU.

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