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date	09/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have had with EU counterparts on the expansion of visa-free travel between the UK and the EU after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	87581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>For those taking short trips to the UK, it is UK’s intention EU, EEA and Swiss citizens will not be required to obtain a visa and will be able to visit under, our standard visitor rules for non-visa nationals, for up to 180 days. Those coming to live and work in the UK will be subject to the arrangements in the new Points Based Immigration System.</p><p>The EU has already legislated UK nationals will not need a visa when travelling to the Schengen area for short stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. This will apply from the end of the transition period to all UK nationals travelling to and within the Schengen area for purposes such as tourism.</p><p>Stays beyond the standard Schengen visa-free allocation from 1 January 2021 onwards will be for individual Member States to decide and implement through domestic entry rules and visa arrangements for non-EU citizens.</p><p>The UK continues to urge the EU to reflect on the more generous position the UK’s standard visitor rules for non-visa nationals offers compared to the position they have legislated for UK nationals in the EU.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/09/2020 16:19:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

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date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to ensure visa-free travel between the UK and the EU for (a) tourism and (b) temporary business activities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	204554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>For EU citizens of the current EU Member States, travelling to the UK as visitors (as tourists, on business trips, or to see friends and family), we do not intend to impose a visit visa regime. The EU have announced that the UK will be on the non-visa required list, even in the event of a no deal.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:31:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan