The Schengen Visa

is a term used in context with tourist visa for Europe which covers 15 European countries. With this single visa you can travel to any of these countries without the need of seperate visas for each country.

The Benefits of Holding a Schengen Visa

Traveling on a Schengen Visa means that the visa holder can travel to any (or all) member countries using one single visa, thus avoiding the hassle and expense of obtaining individual visas for each country. This is particularly beneficial for persons who wish to visit several European countries on the same trip. Internal border controls have disappeared; there are no or few stops and checks. This means that internal air, road and train travel are handled as domestic trips, similar to travel from one United States state to another. This was not the case before the Schengen Visa, where imagine having to get a visa traveling from California to Oregon, then another for traveling to Nevada, etc.