Visa issues

In October 2014 the first Call for Proposals for the new higher education programme Erasmus+ was launched and the students should start their exchange programmes in Europe in September. As we have previously received feed-back from some EU Delegations on the difficulties the partner country students have faced in getting visas to the EU Member States, please find attached a note, which aims to raise awareness among Member State administrations about the students and staff from partner countries that will be funded by Erasmus+ over the coming years. It also encourages them to be sympathetic to the needs of these individuals when handling their visa and residence requests. The note is signed jointly by the Directors-General of DG Education and Culture and DG Migration and Home Affairs within the Commission.