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Is this true? Bulgaria and Romania are both EU countries, neither is Schengen.

by tiatia 10y ago

asnyder 10y ago
Pretty sure Romania is in Schengen. As someone that spends more than half the year in Romania I know I hear it mentioned a lot.
- tiatia 10y ago
  Actually, I am 100% sure that Romania IS NOT Schengen. And the UK is also not Schengen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area I nearly f. this up when I was traveling with my Non-EU girlfriend who was on a single entry Visa and I was about to book a flight for us from Vienna to Sofia to travel in East Europe. The question is: Can citizens of Bulgaria and Romania just move to the UK without further requirements? Looks to me they would need a visa.
  - Symbiote 10y ago
    > Can citizens of Bulgaria and Romania just move to the UK without further requirements? Yes. This right has nothing at all to do with Schengen. The transitional restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians, implemented when the two countries joined the EU, ended on 1 January 2014.
- teniutza 10y ago
  Joining the Schengen Area is an ongoing process. Romania is currently not a member state.
teniutza 10y ago
How is the UK different in this regard?
- tiatia 10y ago
  The question is, do people from Romania and Bulgaria need a visa? Looks to me they can not just move to the UK but maybe the UK has different agreements with this countries. Just checked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Romanian_citizens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Romanian... Looks like they don't need anything but a passport to go to the UK.
  - teniutza 10y ago
    That's because of the EU citizenship, which allows the free movement of people. Obtaining a work permit might be a different thing, but I'm really just guessing here...
  - vixen99 10y ago
    No, Romanians can move to the UK for good with a Romanian ID. They don't need a passport. For those thinking about this now, it's decision time because as we now know, after March this won't be possible. 152,000 Romanians registered for UK National Insurance (NI) numbers in 2014/15
aurelianito 10y ago
Neither is the UK.

Is this true? Bulgaria and Romania are both EU countries, neither is Schengen.

by tiatia 10y ago

Is this true? Bulgaria and Romania are both EU countries, neither is Schengen.

Pretty sure Romania is in Schengen. As someone that spends more than half the year in Romania I know I hear it mentioned a lot.

tiatia 10y ago
Actually, I am 100% sure that Romania IS NOT Schengen. And the UK is also not Schengen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area I nearly f. this up when I was traveling with my Non-EU girlfriend who was on a single entry Visa and I was about to book a flight for us from Vienna to Sofia to travel in East Europe. The question is: Can citizens of Bulgaria and Romania just move to the UK without further requirements? Looks to me they would need a visa.
- Symbiote 10y ago
  > Can citizens of Bulgaria and Romania just move to the UK without further requirements? Yes. This right has nothing at all to do with Schengen. The transitional restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians, implemented when the two countries joined the EU, ended on 1 January 2014.
teniutza 10y ago
Joining the Schengen Area is an ongoing process. Romania is currently not a member state.

teniutza 10y ago

How is the UK different in this regard?

tiatia 10y ago
The question is, do people from Romania and Bulgaria need a visa? Looks to me they can not just move to the UK but maybe the UK has different agreements with this countries. Just checked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Romanian_citizens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Romanian... Looks like they don't need anything but a passport to go to the UK.
- teniutza 10y ago
  That's because of the EU citizenship, which allows the free movement of people. Obtaining a work permit might be a different thing, but I'm really just guessing here...
- vixen99 10y ago
  No, Romanians can move to the UK for good with a Romanian ID. They don't need a passport. For those thinking about this now, it's decision time because as we now know, after March this won't be possible. 152,000 Romanians registered for UK National Insurance (NI) numbers in 2014/15

aurelianito 10y ago

Neither is the UK.