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US restricts visas for two Caribbean nationalities
New US visitor, student and immigrant visas were restricted for nationals of Antigua and Barbuda and of Dominica.
See Antigua and BarbudaSix guides to read first
The 90/180 calculator
You may spend up to 90 days in the Schengen Area in any 180-day period. The 180 days are a moving window: on any given day, look back 180 days and count the days you were there. Old trips drop out of the window as time passes.
- 1.Choose the day you want to enter.
- 2.Add the trips you have made in the six months before it.
- 3.See how long you could stay.
Entering on 29 October 2026, you could stay for up to 90 days, until 26 January 2027.
With a residence permit, time in the country that issued it does not count towards this limit.
A guide only. Border officers make the final count.
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Six terms worth knowing
Twenty-nine European countries with no border checks between them.
Permission to live in a country. It is not citizenship and carries no passport.
Becoming a citizen after years of legal residence, usually with language and presence tests.
Background and source-of-funds checks carried out on every adult applicant.
Holding two nationalities at once. Not every country allows it.
A real connection to a country, such as time spent there. Increasingly required for citizenship.
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