A Schengen visa is a short-stay visa that allows a person to travel to any members of the Schengen Area up to 90 days. Schengen visa regulations was established relatively long time ago and did not make huge changes.
Schengen visa regulation is changing because it adapts to the events in the world. One of the change is that Switzerland becomes the first Schengen Member to adopt increased visa fees. Traveler who will apply for Schengen Visa will need to pay higher visa fees starting from January 2020, due to the Schengen visa code changes. The Schengen visa fees will increase from 60 euros to 80 euros once the amended regulation comes into force, in a bid of the EU to increase the tools available to respond to the challenges posed by illegal migration.
Second change that will come to the force is that passports of non-EU travelers entering the Schengen borders will no longer be stamped after 2022.
Thirdly,Brussels is introducing a new system called the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS).The new scheme of the European Union called Entry/Exit System (EES) is a system that will register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes. ETIAS will come into force by early 2021.
Some changes are for good but some of them doesn’t look so pleasant. You just need to know about changes and to adapt to them like to everything in this life. It should not stop you from travelling and enjoying benefits of staying in the Schengen Area.
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