Depending upon the applicant's citizenship and/or residency or few other rules, a Schengen visa may either be or not required by all Schengen countries or some Schengen countries.

However, the citizens of the above mentioned countries do not require airport transit visa, if any of the following requirements are met:

• They have a valid residence permit issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the USA guaranteeing the holder's unconditional readmission; or
  
  
• They already hold a valid Schengen visa, a national long-stay visa or a residence permit issued by a Schengen State;
  
  
• They hold a valid visa for a Schegen State or for a State party to the Agreement on the European Econonic Area of May 2, 1992, Canada, Japan or the USA, or when they return from those countries after having used the visa; or
  
  
• They are family members of the citizens of the Union; or
  
  
• They hold diplomatic passports; or
  
  
• They are flight crew members who are nationals of a contracting Party to the Chicago Convention on International Civl Aviation.
  
  

for a short stay up to 90 days or to transit the Schengen area.

Hong Kong: the visa exemption applies only to holders of a «Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport».
Macao: the visa exemption applies only to holders of a «Região Administrativa Especial de Macau» passport.
Britsh Overseas Nationals are exmpted from the Schengen Visa Requirement.

There is no harmonized set of rules for visa requirements for diplomatic, official and service passport holders.

A particular Schengen country may or may not require a visa based on the country of origin and the type of passport held. It is best to check with the Schengen embassy/consulate of the main destination or of first entry before traveling.

Detailed schedule of visa exemptions

Note: Effective Nov 1, 2006, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands exempt holders of Indonesian diplomatic and serviec passports from visa requirements.

Generally, if you are subject to the visa requirement, if you hold a diplomatic, official or service passport, you don't have to show proof of funds when traveling in your professional capacity.

If you have a residence permit in one of the Schengen countries, you don't require an entry visa. Refer to the Common consular instructions for the complete list of various documents entitling holders to enter the Schengen area without any visa.

If you are a third country national who hold a "local border traffic permit", when you are exercising your rights within the context of the Local Border Traffic regime, you are exempted from requiring a Schengen visa.

Cyprus, Ireland, United Kingdom (Other countries in EEA are already Schengen countries).