Im American, why dont i need a visa to visit europe??

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had438

You can visit most european countrys "without a visa" as long as its under three months; but all things considering that stamp they put on your passport is a visa. Check the state dept. website for more details.

Spottie

YOu only need a visa if you want to work over here. If you are just coming to visit on holiday then all you need is your passport.

Bellvusnob

A visa is required in some countries so check out the link below for further information.

katlyn: Yahoo chat fugitive

There are lots of different sorts of visas.

When you visit Europe, you actually are being ranted a visa on arrival, which is presented in the form of a stamp in your passport.

Other sorts of visas are paper documents that are attached to your passport seperately. These serve various purposes, but are usually only required if you intend to work or settle in the country or if you intend to stay longer than your passport stamp would allow.

Stamps are a common way of allowing entry of visitors from countries with which the country you're visiting has normal relations. The process of obtaining a regular visa is too involved to be practical for the thousands of visitors that arrive in Europe every day from America.

tonalc1

Most European countries don't require one, unless you're going there to work.

Servette

Agreements betwwen many countries: VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Not all European countries participate.

sirmrmagic

You need a passport to leave the U.S to got to Europe, you get the visa when you get to the country you want to visit at airport or other points of entry to that country, the visa is a stamp placed on your passport, it can be a holiday visa and you will be asked how long your stay will be, if you go over you need a new stamp, there is a transit visa where you need to stay a day or two to travel to somewhere else and there is work visa which allows you to work in that country, this also has a time limit... you need to check on what the country's requirements are the above information does not apply to every country.

messier

Of course you do. What makes you think not, I wonder?

Mr. T's Pretty Cuzzin

Generally, USA passport holders have 90 days to play tourist within Schengen Agreement border, 180 days UK, and 90 most other countries in Europe that are not part of Schengen (such as Switzerland, Hungary, Czech Republic).

Check this out for definitive answers for your specific situation: http://www.eurotrip.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=115314

Qu'est ce que tu pense?

You do need one, unless you somehow have a second citizenship in another European country that you didn't know about.

Happy Feet

Because you are "an alien" in Europe, and if you wanna go back to your country, you need a passport, if you donÂ´t have this passport, they reject you to Guantanamo. Even possible
you need a "alien-visa"

edgar

You do need one i dont know who told you that you dont need one.

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