French Embassy in San Francisco states the following in the "Help" section:     Application by mail is possible for short stay visas only, not for   long stays.      If you already hold a short stay visa bearing the mention "VIS" on it   issued less than 5 years ago or a short stay visa issued by the French   Consulate after January 2017, you don’t have to apply in person (even   if this visa is expired, or if it is in an old passport). In that   case, you may apply by mail. Please mail us your completed application   form along with a copy of all the supporting documents as indicated by   France Visas.   However while applying for French short term visa the "previous Schengen visas" section asked "issued within previous 3 years". So it is 5 or 3?  I was issued a Spanish Schengen visa in 2013 so that's within previous 5 years but not within previous 3. I did not know this 5 year thing so I applied for visa interview anyway. But if I need another short term visa soon, will my previous Spanish visa (or French visa if I get it this month) be considered?   Also, I do not remember if I was every fingerprinted for Spanish Schengen visa, so I selected "Not fingerprinted" in the application.
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I had my French Schengen visa interview 3 days ago (got the stamped visa and passport within two days, super efficient!). However there's no "VIS" written on the visa, even though I gave my fingerprints during the interview in US. I had presumed VIS would be written on the visa since I gave my fingerprints, or is it for something else? I do remember it took a while to take the fingerprints because the machine looked old and was taking a long time to read my fingerprints.  The next time I want to apply for a visa, do I need to go for an interview again just because the visa has no VIS on it?
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I think some body here would help me out of this first-time-travelling-blues.  I have applied for Schengen Visa to travel to Greece for four days; I applied to VFS Mumbai, on 13th April, 2016. I have tickets to Greece on 30th April, 2016 and return on 6th May, 2016. I have booked hotels there and am going to attend a scientific conference scheduled for the first week of May, 2016. I was informed during biometric process that as I am travelling abroad for the first time, I may need to attend an interview, scheduled at 22nd April. Now, I am worried, because the date is just 8 days ahead of my departure.   Will I get the visa in time?
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My SO and I are currently staying in France under the country's visa long séjour, essentially a 1-year visitor visa. If we return to Europe after leaving when the visa expires we would naturally be covered by the Schengen visa for 90 days, which also begins the 180-day period. How do the rules for these two visas interact? For example, if we applied for another long séjour to begin at the end of our 90-day Schengen visa, does the Schengen period reset 90 days within the long séjour period? Will the French authorities frown on having visa types overlap like this? Our goal is to travel for around 2.5 years in Europe and then return home. We're American and can prove means and lodging for the entire period.
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I applied for a Schengen visa 2 years ago and got it, but the visa was revoked because I tried to travel to another Schengen country, which I wasn't allowed to due to the limitations on my Schengen visa.  I was giving some days to vacate the country, which I did. I wasn't deported – it's a voluntary departure – but the earlier visa given was canceled.   Since my earlier circumstance has changed, can I re-apply for a new Schengen visa and this time?  Or am I going to be refused because of my earlier visa revocation, which I still have on my passport?  I am only visiting the country that is going to issue the Schengen visa. The earlier visa was issued by the Latvian embassy; now I intend to travel to Estonia as a tourist again.
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I currently have a valid Schengen tourist visa that expires next year, issued by the French Consulate in Saudi Arabia.   I am going to a 60-day study abroad program in Italy and they require a student visa. I went to the Italian Consulate in Boston and they asked me to go to the French Consulate and cancel my visa. However, the French Consulate said that I needed to contact the French Embassy in Saudi to cancel the visa.   How can I cancel my tourist visa if I am currently in the United States? My Italian student visa application is due tomorrow morning.
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I will have to visit Europe twice for five months in total. I am Thai and will need a visa. The maximum stay in europe is 90 days, otherwise you have to apply for a long term stay according to my research. However, it will be complicated and time consuming.  This is my travel plan:   Aug - Sep: Munich Sep - Nov: France (I have to complete a short course in Paris which is not more than 90 days) Nov - Dec: Munich again    I am aware that I need to leave and re-enter the country when the duration reaches 90 days. Can I apply for a tourist visa in Germany's embassy for 90 days that's valid in six months and a second visa from France for 90 days. In between these trips, I will leave the continent to Russia or Turkey where a visa is not required and re-enter again.  Therefore I need two Schengen visas but is it possible to have two Schengen visas in one passport?
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I was given a Schengen Visa by the Greek embassy in Cape Town, valid for one year, duration of stay 90 days. I went to Greece last Sept for 10 days.  It says valid for all Schengen States.  Can I use it again to go to France this year in July? Or do I have to apply for a new Schengen for France?  My visa expires on 14 Sept 2014.
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I have a South African passport and valid visas' for the UK and Schengen. My trip is to the UK for a week then to Germany for two weeks. I'm staying in Germany for those two weeks and not going to any other Schengen states.  My Schengen visa was issued by German embassy and they have given me a multiple-entry three week visa staring from when I actually arrive in the UK. My UK visa also allows multiple entries.  Now plans have changed and I may need to go to Paris for 3 days while I'm in the UK. (The dates all fall within my allocated Schengen visa dates that I'm allowed to be in Germany so I do not have a date issue.) Is this OK? Will I have trouble with getting into France and then returning to the UK after the three day trip? My problem is that on my Schengen visa application I never said I was going to go France at all?  If its too much of a mission I'd rather not risk it but just thought I'd ask if this was in fact allowed.
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I’m going to Germany for a semester exchange and I have a long-stay visa from Germany. Can I travel to the other Schengen states during this period with this visa or do I have to apply for a separate short stay Schengen visa?  My visa is German national visa type D. It is for a duration of 4 months, i.e., longer than 90 days. It says on the visa that the long stay visa is valid in Deutschland, which is different from my earlier visa, which I had when I visited Germany earlier; that one was a short stay visa and said it was valid in Schengen Staten.  Perhaps my current visa means that I can stay in Germany for a period of longer that 90 days can visit the other Schengen states if I don’t exceed the 90 day period.
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I am applying to the French embassy for a one-month Schengen visa. For proof of sufficient means, I have my bank statement (with slightly over $7000) and monthly pay slips (of about $1500). The document requirements say that I need to submit 3 years of IT returns, but I've only been working for 2 years and  haven't filed IT returns even for those years. Can this be a cause for possible rejection of my application?
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I have an existing Schengen visa given by Netherlands and expires on April 27, 2019. I am applying again for a visa going to france, my flight schedule is on April 29-may 6 2019. Do I still need to process the cancellation of my existing visa where in fact it is expiring before my flight. Some said existing visa should be cancelled before you can apply for new visa.
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My husband is a Sri Lankan national with a Sri Lankan passport. He holds an indefinite leave to remain in the UK (card). Our 3 kids and I have British passports, we are all going to go to France. Does he (my husband) need to apply for a Schengen visa before travelling to France?
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I am an Indian citizen living in UK on a tier 2 visa. Recently, I have received Short stay Schengen visas (multiple entry, business trips for 1 year) for travelling to France. (Applied at French embassy Edinburgh)  Unfortunately, the tickets I have provided in my visa application needs to be cancelled as my business trip got cancelled. And I will be travelling for business probably after 4 months.  So, for now, I am planning my first entry to France for tourism purpose.  Is it okay to travel with Short stay Schengen visas (business) for tourism purpose for the very first entry to France?   I am worried because my itinerary provided for visa application is changed now. And moreover it is now for a tourism purpose.
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Is it generally possible to apply for a visa to another country from a country that is not my country of origin? As a concrete example to clarify, I have a German passport and I can travel without applying for a visa beforehand through France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, but in order to enter Guinea, I need to apply for a visa. Is it possible to do this from Senegal (for example)? Also, which embassy will be responsible for that?
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I'm planning to travel to France a few times in the next few months (tourist). Since I need a Schengen visa, I just don't know how to fill out the forms (which only have questions about travel dates of ONE single trip).  How do I report that I am traveling a few times, because if I don't they might only give me a single entry visa (or a visa not valid long enough for my next trips). I can only see that I'm requesting a multiple entry visa, nothing else about how long I need it to be valid.  Do I need to provide proof of hotel/flight reservations and travel insurance for all the trips or would the first one suffice?  How do I approach this issue so that I get a Schengen visa for at least 4.5 months? I am applying in the UK at their London application centre.
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I have submitted a Schengen visa application, where my duration of intended stay is 7 days.  Now, what could be my duration of visa validity  7 days or 90 days?
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My wife is an Indian national with an Indian passport. She holds an indefinite leave to remain in the UK (permanent residence card). Does she need to apply for a Schengen visa before travelling to France or any other Schengen countries?