"The EU executive intends to address some of these obstacles in order to "facilitate international mobility", particularly for highly skilled workers, students and researchers. The new strategy will also include measures targeting start-up founders and innovative entrepreneurs in order to attract non-EU nationals who actively help boost innovation and economic growth in the EU. The implementation of the directives on students and researchers and on the Blue Card should also become more effective, according to the plan."
"Currently, the EU's common visa policy sets common rules on short-stays, allowing non-EU nationals to visit the Schengen area for up to 90 days within a 180-day period. With 9.7 million Schengen visas issued in 2024 and over 1.4 billion people from 61 countries benefiting from visa-exempt travel, the EU visa policy plays a crucial role in promoting tourism, trade, economic growth, as well as people-to-people exchanges, the Commission says."
A new EU visa strategy aims to attract top international talent to fill skills and labour shortages and drive research, innovation, and economic growth. The strategy targets highly skilled workers, students, researchers, start-up founders and innovative entrepreneurs and seeks more effective implementation of student, researcher and Blue Card directives. Current short-stay rules allow 90 days within a 180-day period; 9.7 million Schengen visas were issued in 2024 and over 1.4 billion people from 61 countries have visa-exempt travel. The plan focuses on streamlining long-stay visa procedures, reducing waiting times, verifying documents and expanding processing capacity abroad.
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