TRAVEL TIP

SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION FOR THE FELLOW TRAVELER:
EUROPE IS A POPULAR CONTINENT FOR VISITING.  MOST PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THE SHENGEN AGREEMENT BECOMING OBSOLETE WHEN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CAME INTO EXISTENCE.  THE SHENGEN ALLOWS A VISITOR APPROXIMATELY A 90 DAYS STAY FOR MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AT ONE TIME.  IE.  VISITING ITALY, SPAIN AND FRANCE WOULD BE 90 DAYS TOTAL IN THE THREE COUNTRIES.  THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ALLOWS FOR MOST FOREIGNERS AN UNLIMITED TIME FRAME IN VISITING THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.  A FOREIGNER CAN TRAVEL TO ITALY (1 MONTH), SPAIN (1 MONTH), FRANCE (1 MONTH), MONACO (1 MONTH), GERMANY (1 MONTH), BELGIIUM (1 MONTH), POLAND (1 MONTH), HUNGARY (1 MONTH) AND AUSTRIA (1 MONTH) FOR A TOTAL OF 9 MONTHS AND BE LEGAL.  CHECK INTO YOUR COUNTRY AND SEE WHAT THE POLICIES ARE.  FOR INSTANCE NEW ZEALAND HAS ONE LENGTH OF STAY ALLOWED ACROSS EUROPE AND NEPAL WOULD HAVE ANOTHER TIME FRAME THAT IS ALLOWED.  UPON TALKING TO THE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES ABOUT THE EUROPEAN POLICY; THEY ARE VERY OPEN TO INDEFINITE VISITS.

THERE ARE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE SHENGEN, AND THEIR LENGTH FOR VISITATION DIFFERS.  ROMANIA, ENGLAND AND BULGARIA ARE SOME OF THE FEW OUTSIDE THE EU COMMISSION.