What is the "White Schengen list"?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 6 Aug, 2023
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You can probably glean a list of the countries from this map on Wikipedia regarding Visa Free entry for all EU citizens (or go through the big table on the associated webpage).
webpage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_European_Union_citizens
This is a literal, rather than idiomatic, translation.
In Russian the text is “белым списком шенгена” which is probably better translated as “Schengen whitelist”. This seems to be referring to countries whose nationals do not require a visa to travel to countries in the Schengen area, as this is what is happening for Ukraine, but neither this term or the other translation given in the news article are commonly used in English; the list is generally referred to as Annex II (see below).
What has actually happened is that the European Commission has recommended that nationals of Ukraine (as well as Georgia and Kosovo) should be allowed access to the Schengen area for short stays without visas (pending approval by the Schengen states themselves). This doesn’t mean that Ukraine becomes a part of the Schengen area, though.
TASS has a slightly longer article containing the same quote and odd translation, as well as a few more details.
The list of countries whose nationals can visit the Schengen area for short stays without visas – other than those in the EU itself – is given in EC 539/2001 Annex II, or you can find a more accessible list on Wikipedia. This is sometimes called the Schengen whitelist, while the Schengen blacklist is Annex I, the list of countries whose nationals require a visa to visit.
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