A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Project
VisaDiplo
A cartography of differentiated mobility to the EU
Twenty-five years of Schengen visa policy, mapped across 185 countries. Tracking exemptions, restrictions, and the unequal geography of European mobility.
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Map 1
Visa Exemptions
Which nationalities travel without a visa? Track how the list changed from 2001 to 2024 — and why.
Map 2
Refusal Rates
Where are visas denied, and how unequally? Refusal data by consulate location and Schengen state, 2025.
Data
25 Years of Policy
185 countries, 60 documented changes, 25 years. Documented who gained or lost access.
About the project
A cartography of differential mobility
This tool was built as part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship examining how the Schengen visa regime creates an unequal mobility and migration system, which systematically privileges certain nationalities while restricting others.
Research project & data