The price of a visa for the EU's borderless Schengen zone is to go up from €35 to €60 next year due to higher costs for the so-called SIS II border control system which uses biometric data, such as fingerprint and DNA identification.
EU interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday (27 April) said the increase from today's €35 for transits and stays of up to three months will be implemented from the beginning of next year.
"We do want to have biometric visa and they will ...
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