visa (from the Latin "seen") - a document entitling to cross the border t. E. To allow foreigners to enter the territory of a country.Issued a visa usually embassies or consulates of the countries concerned.Visa-free travel - a procedure for international relations, when citizens of other countries do not require a permit to enter the country.This mode can be set between certain countries in a bilateral or unilateral or multilateral agreement.The most famous example of such an agreement - the countries of the Schengen zone.It includes the 27 states that have signed in 1985 in Schengen (Luxembourg) the agreement of the same name.Almost all EU countries are part of the Schengen zone, within which to member countries of the agreement visa-free regime, and at the borders there is a border control with single entry and exit rules, established by the agreement.
As for citizens of other countries, to get inside the zone they may Schengen visa.For Russians, Ukrainians and other Eastern Europeans travel services in any of the EU member states is associated with a lot of trouble and expense to obtain a visa, which costs are not small.Therefore, many countries, including Russia, seeking the abolition of compulsory visas for their fellow citizens.
In response to proposals from countries not included in the Schengen zone, the abolition of the visa regime EU leadership put forward their demands.They relate to the introduction of candidate countries legislative amendments regulating mainly the fight against illegal immigration, crime and international terrorism.Many countries (Ukraine, Moldova, etc.), Go to the numerous legislative concessions to the EU leadership in the hope of obtaining a visa-free regime.
As for our country, a visa regime for Russians is still a distant dream.The talks between the leaders of the country and the European Union are carried out for several years, now for the transition to a visa-free regime with Russia serves 17 European countries, while others (the UK, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and the Netherlands) are in no hurrywith the agreement.A year ago, a document was developed on joint steps for the transition to a visa-free regime.Under the agreement, approved by the EU visa-free regime for the citizens of our country supposed phased in subject to certain conditions.Chief among them advocated a requirement to enter the biometric service passports.But the agreements reached during the negotiations, has not yet been implemented.
EU motivates its refusal to abolish compulsory visas for holders of such passports fear that passports will be issued not always legally valid.Russia in response suggested that the holders of service passports category of servicemen and employees of embassies and representative offices.But, nevertheless, the situation is not allowed.The debate on the introduction of a visa-free regime for Russia conducted about nine years.The reasons for delaying the decision are likely not an administrative and political nature.
Russian side is not satisfied with these results.Ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Special Assignments, Anvar Azimov, said he was surprised by the fact that the leadership of the EU signed an agreement on visa-free regime with more than 50 countries, is in no hurry to sign it with Russia.In response to our country in November 2012 was canceled visa regime for crews arriving from the EU aircraft.
Currently (as of early January 2013) the possibility of visa-free travel for our citizens exists in countries such as Moldova, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro, SouthKorea, Ecuador, Vietnam, Brazil, Cuba, Macedonia, Israel and others.
visa-free regime with the United States and Russia have not yet installed.Maximum progress - a legally enforceable right of Russians to three-year visa, adopted in September 2012.This practice has already taken place in 90 years.At the same time, a growing percentage of refusals to grant visas to Russians (often without explanation), while for residents of other countries, this percentage has steadily declined.Clearly, any decision depends on specific artists, but the heads of states should pay attention to changes in the mentality of Russian citizens in the modern world.
