How we Beat the Schengen Shuffle - Update from Greece#shengenvisa
We are now in Greece and again we have successfully entered the EU using our crew list and are looking forward to enjoying another summer sailing the Mediterranean without the restrictions of Schengen. This is an update on our experience entering the EU and travelling through Malta, Italy and Greece.
2023 was our first year sailing in the Mediterranean and like all non-EU sailors, navigating the Schengen requirements was daunting. We were delighted when an agent in Italy introduced us to the process where we could "check out" of the EU but still sail as crew on our vessel. Here is a link to that original video: https://youtu.be/dHIQ_NP2djM
At the end of the first season, we made an update episode where we discussed our real-world experience of our journey through France, Italy and Malta before we checked out and went to Tunisia for winter. Here is the link to the update: https://youtu.be/neLaNXsht6I
We provide this information to allow others to benefit from doing the same, but we recommend that you take expert advice, probably through an agent.
Happy sailing.
Regards Jude and Richard
We could not find the Malta Crew List online but this IMO Crew List looks to be the same. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/OurWork/Facilitation/Documents/FAL%20FORM%205.docx
The agent we used in Preveza, Greece:
All About Yachts
[email protected]
Sofia Gravani - Agency Director
+30 6980 151412/+30 6949 424657
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