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Accreditation for European Council Meetings and formal Council Meetings in Brussels/Luxembourg
You should apply for accreditation for the European Council meetings during the Portuguese Presidency via the website of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union: http://www.consilium.europa.eu
Contacts Council of the European Union General-Secretariat Press Office Rua de la Loi, 175 B-1048 Brussels
Tel: 32 (0)2 281 63 19 Fax: 32 (0)2 281 80 26 E-mail: press.office@consilium.europa.eu Internet: http://www.consilium.europa.eu
Contacts of the Accreditation Bureau
Accreditation Bureau Pavilhão de Portugal Parque das Nações Lisbon
Tel: +351 210 990 418 Fax: + 351 210 990 335
For questions about your accreditation status or the progress of your application please contact the Accreditation Bureau: accreditation.media@eu2007.pt
Duarte Nuno Cabugueira Tel: + 351 918 529 605
Visas and Schengen
Who needs visa to visit Portugal Common list of countries whose nationals must hold a visa to cross the external borders of Member States
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus (see also White Russia)
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia (as of 1 April 2007)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Chad
- China (People's Republic)
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo (Republic of the Congo)
- Congo(Democratic Republic)
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (Democratic People's Republic)
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- São Tomé and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Entities and territorial authorities that are not recognised as States by at least one Member-Sate
- Palestinian authority
- Taiwan
Citizens of these States are exempt from visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- El salvador
- Estonia
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Israel
- Japan
- Korea (South)
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Monaco
- New Zealand
- Nicaruagua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Romania
- Saint Christopher and Nevis
- San Marino
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
Citizens of the following Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China are also exempt from visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all
- Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong
- Special Administrative Region of Macao
Source: Council Regulations (EC) No 453/2003 of 6 March 2003, No 851/2005 of 2 June 2005 and No 1932/2006 of 21 December 2006, amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
Link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu
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