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A Practitioner’s Guide to EU/Schengen Border Management: Short‑Stay Visas, VIS, SIS, EES, ETIAS, Digitalisation, Appeals and 90/180‑day Rules

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Practice notes

EU external border governance has been in continual flux, driven in particular by the exceptional influx of refugees, irregular migration, and the digitalisation of control mechanisms. A closer look at amendments to the Schengen Borders Code also makes clear how lessons from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have shaped its evolution over recent years. The EU’s principal aims here include progressively creating an integrated management framework for the external frontiers, strengthening backing for migration management, intensifying action against cross-border crime, and bolstering national authorities to improve internal security. The ‘EU Migration and Asylum’ policy forms a significant strand of external border control more broadly. Nevertheless, this Practice Note does not examine that policy; instead it concentrates on the general Schengen visa regime, the core instruments and platforms already deployed—the Visa Information System (VIS) and the Schengen Information System (SIS)—and those still awaiting operation—the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation system (ETIAS).

Background information

To begin with, when considering the EU cross-border control architecture and its visa policy, it is crucial, indeed, to identify precisely and clearly which countries are genuinely covered, in scope for these arrangements, as a starting point, for any meaningful analysis, and...

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Marco Mazzeschi , Avv.

Mazzeschi Srl

Marco Mazzeschi is the founder of Mazzeschi Srl, the leading firm in Italy specializing in business, immigration and citizenship law. The firm has offices in Florence, Milan and Taipei and with a network of 100+ local counsels can assist clients in all Italian cities. The firm assists HNW clients and foreign investors as well as more than 100 of the Fortune 500 companies.Mr. Mazzeschi is admitted to the Bar Associations of Milan (1988) and Taipei (2016), admitted arbitrator with the Chinese Arbitration Association (Taipei, 2016). He is also visiting lecturer at the School of Law of Shandong University of Finance and Economics (China) and was Adjunct Professor in the Chinese Culture University (Taipei, 2018-2022).He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), of the International Bar Association Immigration and Nationality Committe) and of the American Bar Association 8International Law Committee). He speaks frequently at...

Yuu Shibata

Mazzeschi Srl

She holds a Ph.D. in EU Law (University of Bologna). Currently, she works as a senior legal consultant at Mazzeschi SRL and she is the Head of the Japanese Desk and Spanish Desk of the same company. She has developed extensive experience working in the Japanese – Italian market either from a legal point of view to a cross-culture communication point of view.She regularly contributes to various platforms (either academic or business oriented) with articles related to EU law, Italian Immigration, and Italian Company law. ...

Giuditta Petreni

Mazzeschi Srl

Currently working as Senior Immigration Consultant at Mazzeschi Srl, a boutique firm specialized in Corporate Immigration and Citizenship Law.Over 10 years’ experience in Corporate Immigration and Italian immigration law, assisting Companies as well as business investors for the relocation of their managers and staff to Italy. Over the years has developed extensive experience of advising companies and individuals on a full range of Italian immigration categories covered by the Italian Immigration Rules to provide strategic advice in order to achieve the best solutions for their immigration needs. She also developed an extensive experience of assisting private clients on a wide range of immigration solutions. ...

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