Do I have to leave the country on my 180th day even though I haven't spent 90 days? (Let's say I spent 63 days.)  Once I hit the 180 days, how long do I have to wait to be able to re-enter the Schengen states?    Can I leave for a few days and re-enter?    Or do I have to wait three months to re-enter?
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I have searched the web a lot and could not find an answer that fits my situation. Here are two links that are quite contradictory:       My situation:  I've visited Portugal in December 2012 for 29 days on a Schengen visa valid from December 1st, 2012 to February 1st, 2013 for research purposes (I am a Ph.D. student). I want to visit Sweden from February 10th, 2013 to May 10th, 2013 (89 days). I have applied for a Schengen visa again (for research). How will the 90/180 rule work in my situation?
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My wife and I recently moved to Germany. She's a Swedish citizen, and I'm American. It'll be December before I can actually apply for my residence card, because my appointment to register our address is so far out - the local police station was all booked out and we didn't get an apartment right away.  I imagine that I won't be getting my residence card until well after Christmas, by which time my 90/180 days will be passed. What if I want to leave to, say, London for the holidays? Will I be allowed back in? I hit day 90 around the 21st of December. I could maybe leave on day 89 and come back on day 90 (with my wife and our marriage cert), or use this Polish solution: , since I can't be expelled from Germany for overstaying my visa while my application is processing.  Both of those seem a bit risky though. Am I reading too far into it, or is this a legitimate concern? Will I get some sort of documentation saying I have a residence card application processing?
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I have a Spanish visa type D for 115 days. I will spend the last week of my visa with a friend in Finland. Is it ok to return to my country from Finland directly or do I have to return to Spain first then travel from Spain to my country?  And I know I have the ability to visit the Schengen area with my student visa for 90 days within 180 days. Are the days I spent in Spain are calculated within the 90 days (as Spain is the country where I study and I already spent more than 90 days in it)?
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I've been given a Schengen visa valid for 1 month.  Unfortunately, I won't be able to travel during the dates I've specified in my application.  What should I do?  Do I just not use the visa?  Or should I let the embassy know so they can cancel it?
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I'm Chinese citizen and I have a Type D student visa valid for Spain. It was originally issued to be valid from Nov. 1, 2014 to Apr. 24, 2015, and the duration of stay is 160 days.  Which of these takes precedence? The thing is that I caught up in some personal thing and did not go to Spain until January, 2015.   If I stay the full "duration of stay" time dictated by my visa, which is 160 days, I will leave in June, but that's past the visa valid date range. Can I (or do I need to) do anything about it in Spain? If I need to do something about it, I do not need to extend the length of the duration of stay, only the valid date range. I heard visa valid date only means when you can enter the country, is that the case for Spain?
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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?
99062
Assume that a person (not me, I only hold a single citizenship :) has a double citizenship in countries such as the US, Singapore, Australia, Japan, etc, which are eligible for 90/180 visa-free stays in the Schengen area. Could they officially remain in the Schengen area indefinitely by taking a trip to (say) the UK every 89 days?
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I am an American who wants to come to the UK to discern whether or not my boyfriend and I want to continue our dating and possibly marry in the future (not necessarily this trip). If I purchase a one-way ticket, will I be refused entry? I am allowed to stay up to 6 months with just my passport, but wanted to make sure that was, indeed, the case. I already have a place to stay, and I do not plan on working for the time I will be in the UK. I just do not know yet when I will return (within the 6 month period). Suggestions?
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My Chinese in-laws intend to visit us in one month from now. Their visa is valid from Nov 23rd. Would it be possible for them to take the airplane on November 22nd in China and arrive in Schengen area on November 23rd?  Or does the visa already have to be valid upon departure?  In our particular case, they still need to transfer in Beijing first. The actual flight to Schengen zone effectively only departs on the 23rd so I guess that should be completely fine then?
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My daughter applied at the Italian Consulate in Philadelphia, and they gave her two entries for 20 days (we thought it was for 20 days each entry). She was in Italy 12 days, then went to England for 1 week and flew to Venice to take a 10-day cruise. She couldn't make it because they said she has only 8 remaining days, but she still has a land tour already paid this week.  What can she do? Can she extend the Schengen visa for 12 more days? Right now, she is in Madrid, but next week she has to fly from Barcelona to Paris to start with the tour. What would happen if she decides to take the tour with the expired visa? She is a US permanent resident.
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I was issued a Schengen visa for 90 days validity with multiple entry. Initially I planned for tourism to France and Switzerland and accordingly I have written the purpose as tourism only and I will be travelling as well for a week and coming back to India. First I am using for tourism for one week and travelling back to India.  Now, I also need to travel again to Schengen area to the same countries for business purpose for one week again. Can I use the same visa or do I need to get a new one?
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I have a multiple entry 90 days Schengen visa (category C) from 15 March 2014 till 21 Dec 2014.    With this visa I entered The Netherlands on 4 April 2014 and left there on 13 April 2014.    I am planning to re-enter The Netherlands on 19 Dec 2014 and leave there for London (I have a valid UK visa as well) on 21 Dec 2014, at 7 am from Amsterdam.    Am I permitted to stay in The Netherlands on 21 Dec 2014 or should I leave the country on 20 Dec evening itself?
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I am going to apply for a multiple-entry visa to Netherlands this coming May. If I will be given only a single entry how soon can I apply again for another Schengen visa because I am planning to go to Paris in July too?
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Original itinerary Fr 13nights  would it be okay to change itinerary to:  Change to FR 6nights-> IT 7nights -> FR 1night  Already hold Schengen visa valid for 15 days.  Will I be in breach?
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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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Many countries require a passport to be valid for six months. Sometimes these six months are counted from the date of departure, or from the date of entrance. Even though some of these countries only legally allow you to stay for 30 days or three months. What is the reason such a requirement is in place in many countries?
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I applied for schengen visa via Norway embassy. I got a single entry visa (even though I asked for multiple entry). Now my plan actually is to land in France (Paris), travel through Belgium to Amsterdam by road and then fly from Amsterdam to Bergen in Norway. I am curious to know whether flying from Amsterdam would be considered as exiting the Schengen state even though I am flying to another Schengen state?   I know it is OK to travel from one Schengen member country to another within the visa tenure and without exiting the Schengen states. I did it before last year by entrying into Austria and traveled through Czech Republic, Germany and then reaching Switzerland (all by road) and then flew back to Dubai where I reside.  But I am really unsure of air travel that how is it taken when you fly from one Schengen state to another?