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What will change when Romania and Bulgaria join the Schengen area?

2024-01-20 12:13:39Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

What will change when Romania and Bulgaria join the Schengen area?

As of March 31 this year, Romania and Bulgaria will join the Schengen area, which allows free movement between member countries for 400 million citizens. Both countries have been members of the European Union (EU) since 2007, but as they were not part of the border-free zone, travelers were still required to show their passports upon entry.

In 2024, border controls for both countries will be simplified. When Romania and Bulgaria join the Schengen area this year, travelers will find it easier to visit both countries.

The two interior ministries announced in December that some border controls would be lifted. Travelers arriving by air or sea from other Schengen countries will no longer need to show passports upon arrival. This means passengers on flights, cruises and ferries will not be subject to screening.

However, if you are driving or arriving by train or bus in Romania and Bulgaria, you will still need to carry ID as the rules governing land borders have not yet been established. This is due to the veto exercised by Austria.

"A new decision will have to be taken to set a date for the lifting of land border controls," the European Council states on its website. The last country to join the Schengen area was Croatia in 2022.

Every year, 1.25 billion trips take place within this area and 3.5 million people cross the borders of its member countries every day.

Excluding Romania and Bulgaria, the Schengen area includes 27 countries. Twenty-three belong to the EU and four are states associated with the European Free Trade Association: Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The Schengen area was created in 1995 after the signing of the Schengen Agreement 10 years earlier between the five member countries of the European Economic Community: Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Several other agreements followed until the 2007 enlargement, integrating nine more countries into the free movement area. Travelers without EU citizenship are advised to remember that the stay in Bulgaria and Romania counts towards the time spent in the Schengen area, which cannot be longer than 90 days in 180 days.


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