BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize authorities says it’s going to proceed to advocate for the Caribbean Group (CARICOM) nation to be included amongst regional international locations whose nationals can journey to the Schengen Space visa-free.
Passport holders of Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, St Kitt-Nevis, and St Lucia are allowed to journey to the Schengen Space visa-free, comprising 27 European international locations. However this is applicable solely to brief visits as much as 90 days each 180-day interval.
Belizeans have needed to journey to Mexico to use for a Schengen visa. Overseas Affairs Director Francis Fonseca says this is a matter he continues to lift with the Europeans.
“We haven’t let up on that concern. Even in some preliminary conferences that I’ve had with representatives of the EU and different establishments, we emphasize the significance of that concern to Belize.
“So no, we gained’t let up on that concern. Our ambassador in Brussels has that cost as a precedence concern for us. So we’ll proceed to have interaction with them each alternative I get to talk with representatives of nations within the EU,” Fonseca stated.
He stated Belompan had raised that concern, explaining to the Europeans how vital it was for Belize.
“Subsequent week I’ve one other assembly with the EU….and I’ll carry that concern up once more. So we’ll proceed to work very aggressively on that concern.”
He stated one of many advantages of a visa-free program is that it’ll open learning alternatives for college kids.
“That’s one of many advantages of the visa program and having that visa waiver. It presents so many alternatives. Schooling is certainly one of, clearly, financial alternatives as properly. There are such a lot of advantages to it. And we actually hope that we are able to advance that concern and that Belize will likely be included, if not this yr, subsequent yr. One thing we’ll proceed to work on,” Fonseca stated.
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