Visa ya Schengen ya Afirika: Lemberani, Lipirani, Mukanidwe

Visa ya Schengen ndi chilolezo cholowera choperekedwa ndi dziko la Schengen, kulola nzika zomwe sizili a EU kuti zilowe ndikukhalabe m'chigawo cha Schengen, chomwe chimaphatikizapo mayiko 29 aku Europe omwe ali ndi malire oletsedwa m'malire awo wamba, kukacheza mwachidule mpaka masiku 90 mkati mwa masiku 180. Visa iyi nthawi zambiri imathandizira zokopa alendo, maulendo abizinesi, kuyendera mabanja, chithandizo chamankhwala, kuphunzira, ndi zochitika zina zazifupi.

Ma visa a Schengen atha kukhala olowera kamodzi (paulendo umodzi) kapena kulowa kangapo (kwa maulendo angapo) ndipo zofunsira nthawi zambiri zimatumizidwa ku kazembe kapena kazembe wa dziko la Schengen komwe wopemphayo akufuna kukhala nthawi yayitali kwambiri.

Alendo oyembekezera ayenera kutumiza mafomu anu kwa kazembe osachepera masiku 15 musanapite ulendo wanu ndipo pasanathe miyezi 6. 

Pakadali pano, ndalama zolipirira visa ya Schengen zomwe sizingabwezedwe ndi ma euro 90 (US$101.63), ndi zolipirira zochepetsedwa za ana.

Chaka chino, dera la Schengen linakonza zopempha zoposa 11.7 miliyoni za ma visa okhalitsa, ndi ma visa opitilira 9.7 miliyoni, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuwonjezeka kwa 14.1% kuchokera ku 2023. Zoposa theka la ma visa awa adaloledwa kulowa kangapo. Komabe, chiwerengero chonse cha ma visa omwe adaperekedwa mu 2024 chinali chocheperako kuposa momwe mliri usanachitike wa 2019.

Koma ngakhale kuchuluka kwapadziko lonse lapansi kukufunidwa, anthu ambiri aku Africa adapeza mwayi wofunsira visa ya Schangen yotsekedwa bwino.

Kwa anthu ambiri aku Africa, kupeza visa ya Schengen kukukulirakulira, pomwe maiko aku Africa akukumana ndi zovuta kwambiri chifukwa cha kukana kwakukulu komanso kukwera mtengo kwa zofunsira.

Malinga ndi ziwerengero zaposachedwa kwambiri za European Commission, ofunsira ochokera ku Africa akulandila ziwongola dzanja zapamwamba kwambiri zokanidwa ma visa a Schengen padziko lonse lapansi.

Ku Nigeria, mwachitsanzo, zopempha zoposa 50,000 za ma visa okhalitsa anakanidwa mu 2024. Kwa mayiko monga Ghana, Senegal, ndi Nigeria chiwerengero cha kukana chinakwera pakati pa 40% ndi 50%.

Comoros ili ndi chiwongola dzanja chambiri chokanidwa ndi 61.3%, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Guinea-Bissau pa 51%, Ghana pa 47.5%, Mali pa 46.1%, Sudan pa 42.3%, ndi Senegal 41.2%.

Ndalama zolipirira visa ya Schengen zidakwera kuchoka pa €80 (US$90.21) kufika pa €90 (US$101.63) mu Julayi 2024, motero zimakweza mavuto azachuma kwa ofunsira.

Kufunsira visa ya Schengen

Visa ya Schengen ndi chilolezo cholowera kukaonana kwakanthawi kochepa mpaka masiku 90 m'masiku 180 aliwonse. Visa ya Schengen ikhoza kupezeka ngati visa yolowera kamodzi, yomwe imalola mwiniwake kulowa m'dera la Schengen kamodzi, kapena visa yolowera angapo.

Mosiyana ndi ndalama zina zambiri zothandizira, ma visa a Schengen sangabwezedwe, kaya aperekedwa kapena akanidwa.

Malinga ndi zidziwitso zaposachedwa kwambiri, chaka chatha, ofunsira ma visa aku Africa a Schengen adataya pafupifupi € 60 miliyoni (US $ 67.5 miliyoni) chifukwa cha chindapusa cha visa ya Schengen chomwe sichingabwezedwe.

Izi zikuyamba kuwonetsa kukhalapo kwa tsankho komanso tsankho munjira yofunsira visa.

Zomwe zatulutsidwa ndi European Commission zikuwonetsa kuti ma consulates a mayiko omwe ali mamembala a EU ndi mayiko ogwirizana ndi Schengen adakonza zopempha zoposa 10.3 miliyoni za ma visa okhalitsa mu 2023.

Chiwerengero cha ma visa omwe adaperekedwa mu 2023 sichinafikenso pa ziwerengero za 2019, ngakhale chiwonjezeko kuchokera ku 2022: pafupifupi ma visa 8.5 miliyoni adaperekedwa mu 2023 (mosiyana ndi ma visa 5.9 miliyoni omwe adaperekedwa mu 2022 ndi ma visa 15 miliyoni omwe adatulutsidwa mu 2019).