Quote: (06-22-2015 04:13 AM)Kamaki4 Wrote:
It's not permanent residency, but I recently obtained a 1 year visa for Thailand that I can extend to 17 months before I need to apply for another one. In a couple of weeks I'm leaving for Greece to apply for a Greek passport, and after careful thought I hope they leave the Eurozone (It will be better for Greece in the long run). Russia has already invited them to join as the sixth member of development bank of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). If they do exit the Eurozone I am sure I will enjoy visa free travel to a host of countries that are different than the ones I can visit with my Canadian passport.
http://sputniknews.com/business/20150619...95850.html
Eurozone is the monetary union - it doesn't refer to the European Union as a whole. Greece will need to leave the Schengen area if it is to make any changes to travel arrangements.
After saying that, I think they should leave Schengen as doing so would allow the Greeks to boost inbound tourism. Russians would not visit countries like Turkey and Egypt if they could visit Greece without visas.