Q:
A:
Relaxed visa regime for certain categories of citizens
Belgrade,
19 July 2006
Director of the Serbian government’s EU Integration Office Tanja Miscevic said today that she expects that the EU will offer a relaxed visa regime to high-school children, students, researchers, experts in various areas, journalists, civil servants, employees in non-governmental organisations, and family members of persons who are legally employed in the EU member countries.
Tanja Miscevic
In a statement to the news agency Tanjug, Miscevic said that those are the categories for which visa relaxations were sought. She added that visas for them will be free of charge, the procedure of issuing a visa will be easier and faster, while all other visas will be issued according to present standards.
She said that the European Commission will present a mandate for negotiations with Serbia on visa relaxations and readmission tomorrow.
The fact that the EU is ready to grant visa relaxations to a country signifies that their confidence in that country and its citizens is growing, said Miscevic, and added that she is sure it will be easier for other categories of citizens to obtain visas also in the future.
According to Miscevic, visa relaxations are accompanied with a single agreement on readmission. The European Commission will hold negotiations with Serbia on behalf of member countries on that subject.
Conditions for readmission will be respect of the principle of that process, securing conditions for persons who are returning on the bases of readmission, and bilateral agreements on readmission which Serbia signed with individual European countries and will continue to be valid, said Miscevic.
She voiced hope that the EU Council of Ministers will adopt a mandate for negotiations with Serbia on visa relaxations in autumn, following which negotiations on the visa regime will be held between the European Commission and Serbia.
She said that the European Commission will present a mandate for negotiations with Serbia on visa relaxations and readmission tomorrow.
The fact that the EU is ready to grant visa relaxations to a country signifies that their confidence in that country and its citizens is growing, said Miscevic, and added that she is sure it will be easier for other categories of citizens to obtain visas also in the future.
According to Miscevic, visa relaxations are accompanied with a single agreement on readmission. The European Commission will hold negotiations with Serbia on behalf of member countries on that subject.
Conditions for readmission will be respect of the principle of that process, securing conditions for persons who are returning on the bases of readmission, and bilateral agreements on readmission which Serbia signed with individual European countries and will continue to be valid, said Miscevic.
She voiced hope that the EU Council of Ministers will adopt a mandate for negotiations with Serbia on visa relaxations in autumn, following which negotiations on the visa regime will be held between the European Commission and Serbia.
-
Belgrade, 30 March 2026Cooperation with Russia, Belarus in areas of mutual interest
-
Belgrade, 27 March 2026World Bank support for implementation of priority energy projects
-
Belgrade, 27 March 2026Continued cooperation with Germany on utility infrastructure projects
-
Belgrade, 26 March 2026Activities of state institutions for opening clusters 2 and 5 examined
-
Belgrade, 26 March 2026Exchange of experiences with Slovakia in field of ICT
-
Belgrade, 26 March 2026Advancing regional cooperation in response to emergencies
-
Belgrade, 26 March 2026Ample potential for further strengthening cooperation between Serbia, Slovakia
-
Belgrade, 26 March 2026Serbia committed to enhancing cooperation with United States in numerous areas
-
Belgrade, 25 March 2026Successful cooperation with Hungary in many areas
-
Novi Sad, 25 March 2026EU programmes important instrument for more balanced regional development