54 Countries You Can Visit with a Schengen Visa (2022 Update)

If you’re like me who holds a third world passport, you’re surely familiar with the fact that we can’t simply enter most countries with just our passports alone; there’s often a need for prior visa applications among many other arduous immigration processes that can cost a lot of money, time, and effort. (Countries You Can Visit with a Schengen Visa)

The good news though is that if we manage to get a Schengen visa, we can enter not only their 26 member European states — but ALSO enter 54 other countries ‘visa-FREE‘ around the world!

Curious to know more? Keep reading to find this list of countries you can visit with a Schengen visa in order to make the most of your global travels!

DISCLAIMER: I am NOT an embassy officer nor a migration agent. I am only here to provide you with the list of countries you can visit with a Schengen visa as based on my personal experiences, extensive research, and other readers’ contributions. If you ever need any help with visas or procedures, please check these visa guides or the related links I have provided in this article (or better yet, contact the appropriate government entities).
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It also helps to note that I do not guarantee the timeliness of the information below. I do try my best to keep all information up to date BUT please make it your responsibility to recheck the facts since there could be more recent updates or changes. Thank you!

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Schengen Area

As I’ve previously mentioned, the Schengen Area is a group of 26 countries and it comprises most of Europe. As part of a unified agreement, all of them have agreed to abolish passports and internal border controls.

This means that all the Schengen countries act as if they are only ‘one country’ — so every citizen of each member state is free to go anywhere they want. Meanwhile, outsiders who want to enter the Schengen Area would experience border control once at the first country that they enter; but after that, entering other member countries would no longer require further immigration control.

These 26 countries are namely:

[1] Excluding Greenland and the Faroe islands
[2] Excluding overseas departments and territories
[3] Excluding Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and the Caribbean Netherlands
[4] Excluding Svalbard
[5] With special provisions for Ceuta and Melilla

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From the above list, 4 of these are non-EU (or EFTA member states that may have border control) — Iceland, Liechtenstein,…