Tourists Blog
Thursday, February 09, 2012
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Visitor Medical Insurance and Schengen Visa for tourists to Europe
Filed Under: News
Residents of the US who hold citizenship of some other country can travel easily to 15 countries in Europe with Schengen visa. The extensive visa requirements include adequate proof of coverage of the traveller(s) with and international visitor medical insurance during the stay at any of the participating countries of the Schengen visa.
The other advantage of Schengen visa is that you can avoid the inconvenience of getting 15 different visas for 15 different countries. This means that once you obtain the Schengen visa, you can choose to travel to any of the participating countries without any hassles.
Schengen visa allows you to travel to Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, Luxembourg, France, Iceland, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Finland.
The visa also requires you to prove adequate coverage for various travel risks including repatriation and emergency medical assistance or hospitalization requirements. In case of a group of family, insurance coverage should be taken for the entire group of all the family members.
In addition, the validity of coverage for the entire duration of stay in any or all the European countries participating in Schengen visa would be assessed. You may also have to enquire the minimum coverage limit required for obtaining the visa by consulting your nearest embassy or consulate.
