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Davebev1 wrote on Fri Mar 11, 2022 9:45am:
Each country sets its own immigration policy and visas, always has. Being in the EU or in Schengen doesn't remove that sovereign right. The OP is Irish so an EU citizen so not restricted to 90/180 in Schengen but still needs to comply with the laws of the individual countries. B...
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...rits are subject to 90/180 in the whole of Schengen. Spain has always had a 3 month max stay which they have always enforced for third country nationals (but historically not enforced often for EU citizens). France has a 6 month visa available that is for France only, Spain does not. There are 4 EU countries not in Schengen and 4 (soon to be 5) non-EU countries in Schengen, so the two geographic areas are not the same. If a country wishes to introduce a special visa for those visiting their own country it can, (hence all the different types of visa available already for Spain), because immigration and visas are down to each individual country; those countries in Schengen have agreed to have free movement between their countries for third country nationals of 90 in 180 days.
I don't think this is quite right. The 90 day rules applies to countries outside the Schengen area. It has nothing to do with Brexit, although before Brexit it wasn't implemented for UK citizens, who were outside the Schengen area. Ireland isn't in the Schengen area so the 90 day rule does apply to its citizens. Their paper The Irish Independent has recently featured articles about his as it came as a surprise to many Irish people.
