EU Urged to Ease Travel Burden for Guyanese

President Ali on Schengen visa backwardness

LONG ago, I wondered about the irrational policy of China and India requiring Guyanese to have a visa to visit. There are things in life that makes no sense. The official philosopher of the Holy Roman Empire, St. Aquinas, once wrote that everything in life has a meaning. I disagree. China and India requiring Guyanese […]

EU urged to ease travel burden for Guyanese

…as President Ali raps Schengen visa woes At a time when more and more countries around the world are seeking closer ties with Guyana, including making access more efficient, President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday rapped the European Union (EU), saying that it needed to modernise its visa application process to make the process easier […]

President blasts EU over "backward" Schengen visa hurdles for Guyanese

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 21:59 by Written By Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday openly expressed disgust at the protracted delay it was taking for the European Union (EU) to decide on processing Schengen visas in Guyana. “The European Union is still backward in this region. You have to travel to […]