Union are obliged to adopt the EU's visa policy no later than three months before they formally join the Union. Schengen countries give visa-free access to nationals of all EU candidate and applicant states except Kosovo and Turkey. Candidate states Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro and North Macedonia, and applicant state Kosovo maintain similar visa policies as the Schengen Area, with some notable exceptions regarding countries that were added to the Schengen Annex II more recently and additional nationalities not listed in Annex II. Candidate states Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine, and applicant state Georgia require visas from some nationalities that have always been in Annex II and also maintain visa exemptions for some additional nationalities not in Annex II. Turkey also requires visas from nationals of EU member state Cyprus. Validity for other countries Schengen visas that are valid for further travel are accepted as substitute visas for national visas in several other countries. See also eu-LISA European Travel Information and Authorisation System Common Travel Area Central America-4 Border Control Agreement Foreign relations of the European Union Long-term resident (European Union) Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement Visa Information System Visa policy of Ireland Visa policy of Northern Cyprus Visa policies of Overseas France Visa policy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Visa policy of Svalbard Visa requirements for European Union citizens Notes References External links Regulation EU 2018/1806 Visa requirements for entering Ireland Transport and the European Union Foreign relations of the European Union European Union Schengen Schengen Area de:Visum#Visa nach dem Recht der Europäischen Union (Schengen-Recht)