Talk:European passport
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[edit] Gallery
The image gallery is incomplete so far. Missing images EU passports of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Can someone please get some good pictures for the above remaining countries.
- Also, the current photos of the Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish and Romanian passports do not show an EU passport, because the words "European Union" at the top of the front cover page are missing, and in the case of the Lithuanian passport, the cover color is wrong. Markus Kuhn 20:08, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Although the words European Union are not on them they are still EU Passports, the countries to join the EU in 2004 and 2007 have been a little slow in updating their passports, some even updated to Biometric Passports in 2006 but did not place the words European Union on the passport, none the less they are still EU passports. The Lithuanian Passport is the current new biometric one (issued from 2006 onwards), which for some reason Lithuania decided to make it green and not the standard EU color. Lithuania will be issuing newer EU style Passports late 2007/early 2008, which will have the words "European Union" and be the standard color, so as of yet, the green one is the latest and current. Poland and Malta only started to put the words "European Union" on as of late 2006, but no pictures available, maybe someone can get some? 22:48, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
- Have updated the Polish one with passport issued late 2006, has the words European Union —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.113.45 (talk) 22:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MaltaPassportCover.jpg
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:GreekPassportCover.jpg
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[edit] Visa free Travel
Because the EU is trying to achieve visa mutuality with a number of countries, I think it would be worth to create a subsection in this article that deals with the issue. The EU's goal is that the passports of its member states will be equally accepted al over the world, and visa requirments will be equally applied or abolished. For exmaple, last year many Eastern and Cental European EU citizens needed to apply for a visa if they intended to spend a short period of time in Canada. This restriction did not apply to Western or Northern European EU citizens. Because of the EU policy and other factors, Canada abolished its visa requirement for all EU citizens except Romania and Bulgaria, which will come later. Due to this policy of attemting to create a uniform visa system for all EU citizens, Wikipedia should also dedicate a section to this policy.
I already wrote some about it, but since it somehow made it impossible to see the gallery, it was removed. Here it is again:
[edit] Visa-free Travel
Although member states issue their own passports, the EU is has a common visa policy. It is also working to achieve visa mutuality, respective to all member states. Today, EU passport holders are allowed to visit Mexico and Panama under the same condititions. The same is true for Canada save for Bulgarian and Romanian visitors; however, the visa requirement for those countries is expected to be removed in the near future.
It is a political goal of the European Union to achieve freedom from visa requirements for citizens of the European Union at least in such countries the citizens of which may enter the Schengen area without visa. To this end, the European Commission negotiates with third-countries, the citizens of which do not require visas to enter the Schengen area for short-term stays, about the abolishment of visa requirements which exist for at least some EU member states. The European Commission involves the members state concerned into the negotiations, and has to frequently report on the mutuality situation to the European Parliament and the Council.[1] The Commission may recommend the temporary restoration of the visa requirement for nationals of the third country in question.
The European Commission has dealt with the question of mutuality of the abolishment of visa requirements towards third countries on the highest political level. With regard to Mexico and New Zealand, it already has achieved complete mutuality. With respect to Canada, the Commission considers to recommend “appropriate steps”; with respect to the U.S. it suggests to examine the effects of new legislation enacted there, but reserves itself “the right to propose retaliatory measures”.[2] Involvement of the Canadian Prime Minister; p. 10 to 11: Involvement of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and of the President of the United States; p. 11 to 12: Conclusions.
Let me know what you think. Thanks,
[edit] Overseas territories
What about overseas territories of EU member states? I believe - with a few exeptions for some British dependences - they are all visa-free for EU-passport holders? Aren't they? --BotevFixer (talk) 00:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- True, indeed except for a few British (e.g. Pitcairn/BIOT/Ascension) und uninhabited French ones (e.g. Kergueles), that require pre-issued landing permits. Passportguy (talk) 10:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- I have just added them. And I also added Cook Islands and Tokelau - I am not sure but I think they are also visa-free since they are New Zealand's territories. And what about Falkland Islands? --BotevFixer (talk) 12:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- I double-checked this and it looks like we made a mistake : Several British dependancies have not (yet) extended their visa-free travel privledges to Romanians/Bulgarians, specifically Anguilla, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. So I'll remove them from the list again. Passportguy (talk) 14:27, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
