In 1995 a new type of visa-Schengen Visa- was introduced by the following Member States of the Schengen Convention which are:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Nederlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden
If you intend to visit one or more of those so called Schengen countries for business, as a tourist or for personal /private visit, AND YOU ARE A NATIONAL OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES you must first obtain a Schengen visa wich is valid in all Schengen countries and wich enables you to visit any, several or all of the above mentioned countries and move freely in all of them during one trip within the validity of the visa. A Schengen visa in not appropiate if you wish to remain in a Schengen member state longer than 3 months, take up employment or establish a business, trade or profession.
Apart from this so called short stay visa there are 2 other types of Schengen visa: the airport transit visa wich allows holders to pass through the international transit zone of an airport of a Schengen member state without giving access to the national territory of that state and the transit visa, wich enables applicants to pass through the territory of one or more Schengen member states on their way to another country.Please note that the documents required for both the airport transit visa and the transit visa may differ from those required for three short stay entry visa.
Who needs a Schengen visa? If you are a national of one of the following countries and you intend to visit a Schengen country
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Armenia. Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belice, Benin, Bhutan, Burma (Myammar), Bosnia Herzegovina, Bostwana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoras, Congo, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Eritrea, Ethiopía, Macedonia, Philippines, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Granada, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Ecuatorial, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstán, Kenya, Kirguistan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldivas, Mali, Marianas Islands, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Mauricio, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua Nueva Guinea, Perú, Qatar, Centroafrican Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, República Dominicana, Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro), Russia, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, West Samoa, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Santo Tome and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Syria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swazilandia, Thailand, Tanzania, Tayikistan, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistán, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
To make you search a little easier this is the list of European countries who need visa to come to Spain:
Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro)
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine
Macedonia
Bosnia Herzegovina
Belarus
― the icebox (nordicskilla), Monday, 19 January 2004 09:54 (twenty-two years ago)