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EU: European Commission proposal to amend list of third countries whose nationals need a visa to enter the EU

01 July 2006

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Proposal (COM 84, 13 July 2006, pdf)

This proposes transferring Bolivia from Annex II (the "white-list" of countries whose nationals do not need a visa) to Annex I ("black-list", countries whose nationals need a visa). Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Mauritius,Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Seychelles would be moved from Annex I to Annex II. All members of the armed forces of NATO are to be exempted from needing a visa. So too are refugees and stateless people resident in the EU. British Nationals (Overseas) are to go in Annex II but British Overseas Territories Citizens (BOTC), British Overseas Citizens (BOC), British Subjects and British Protected Persons (BPP) are to go in Annex II because they only have a "tenuous link" with the UK and present "risk of illegal immigration" moreover they will be a specific category as "they do not have the nationality of a third country".

Background:

Regulation 539/2001

Amendment in 2003

Amendment in 2005

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