There are charter flights Ithat go hack and forth. If one lives lit one of he islands in the Azores. and the islands are spltmeil (ut. which (oes not have a fulltinie ontsular offictal. and there is an emergency that comes up. someone dies. sadly. or there is some other need for you to come right away. maybe someone is Ill and they are going to come sit with tile childret for awhile. these are the kindr. of interactitons we are talking about. They have got to go anti get a visa. Why do they have to go and get it vl& which tiaey would not if Ilaey livel in any uf t the otl Furopean countries? Because some uther ieople may have been trying to do sonetlhing which a consular official did not like. so you ale punislled.