Care for the Visa: Maximising Mobility from Northwest Russia to the Schengen Area
This article analyses how and why the residents of Northwest Russia—holders and users of the unified Schengen multiple-entry ‘C’ visas issued by the state of Finland—care for their visas by balancing trips to Finland against trips to the wider Schengen Area, according to the rules that require such...
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ftjnjmr:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/408 2023-06-11T04:15:25+02:00 Care for the Visa: Maximising Mobility from Northwest Russia to the Schengen Area Tkach, Olga 2021-06-04 application/pdf application/xml https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/408 https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.408 eng eng Helsinki University Press https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/408/454 https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/408/455 https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/408 doi:10.33134/njmr.408 Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Nordic Journal of Migration Research; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021); 108–123 1799-649X The Schengen visa Short-term mobility Reproductive labour Finland Northwest Russia info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftjnjmr https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.408 2023-05-04T19:58:03Z This article analyses how and why the residents of Northwest Russia—holders and users of the unified Schengen multiple-entry ‘C’ visas issued by the state of Finland—care for their visas by balancing trips to Finland against trips to the wider Schengen Area, according to the rules that require such balancing. Applying the concept of productive work and reproductive labour, and drawing on in-depth interviews with the Schengen visa-dependants in Russia, I show how Schengen visa policies operate on the local level of the EU’s external border. The article explores how such visas facilitate short-term mobility, yet require from their holders constant efforts to maintain this resource, and therefore operate as a nexus of freedom of movement and commitment. I argue that the role of the short-term Schengen visa issued to non-EU visitors goes far beyond simple permission for crossing the border and materialises as a facilitator of Europe-wide mobility and, therefore, an object of constant care. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Russia Nordic Journal of Migration Research Nordic Journal of Migration Research 11 2 108 123 |
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This article analyses how and why the residents of Northwest Russia—holders and users of the unified Schengen multiple-entry ‘C’ visas issued by the state of Finland—care for their visas by balancing trips to Finland against trips to the wider Schengen Area, according to the rules that require such balancing. Applying the concept of productive work and reproductive labour, and drawing on in-depth interviews with the Schengen visa-dependants in Russia, I show how Schengen visa policies operate on the local level of the EU’s external border. The article explores how such visas facilitate short-term mobility, yet require from their holders constant efforts to maintain this resource, and therefore operate as a nexus of freedom of movement and commitment. I argue that the role of the short-term Schengen visa issued to non-EU visitors goes far beyond simple permission for crossing the border and materialises as a facilitator of Europe-wide mobility and, therefore, an object of constant care. |
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