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I am honestly not sure why Americans get to travel to Schengen without filing any paperwork while the reverse isn't true. I can show up in Paris CDG with a pass
by roywiggins 8y ago
I am honestly not sure why Americans get to travel to Schengen without filing any paperwork while the reverse isn't true. I can show up in Paris CDG with a passport and get let into... all of Europe, hardly any questions asked. You would think the Europeans would get fed up with the arrangement and start imposing similar requirements reciprocally.
Ed: ah, they are a bit fed up at least https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/us-nationals-to-be-forced-to-apply-to-visas-eu-reciprocity/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/us-nationals-to-be-f...
- microcolonel 8y agoFor what it's worth, visa-free travel is not really a privilege extended by a country, but an expression of their degree of trust. Many European countries accept U.S. travellers without any additional filings because they trust U.S. passport holders, generally speaking (except the ones they have files on, in which case they'll already be following that up when you get there). The U.S. does not necessarily trust Swedish passport holders in the same way that Sweden trusts U.S. passport holders.