I went to Italy with my husband last year (he is British and I am Indian and we live in the UK). I got a free spouse of an EU national visa for a year with multiple entries allowed, this was issued by the Italian consulate. So technically, I have a valid Schengen visa but in the annotations, it says 'free visa, EU family' (in Italian).  Now I'm going to Spain with my sister in July and my husband can't join us. I know that according to EU law, I should apply for a new tourist visa. But will my existing Schengen Type C tourist visa cause any issues? I have read that you cannot have two Schengen visas at the same time.   I am dreading the thought of getting visas canceled and chasing consulates for a short weekend trip.  My questions are:    If I apply for a Schengen visa with the Spanish consulate, will they ask me to cancel my existing Schengen (EU family)? Or should I go to Spain without my husband?    It would help to know if anyone in this situation has been successful at changing their visa types or simply visiting the Schengen area without their spouse.
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I have a Schengen visa (for five years) which states that I am a family member of an EEA national. I traveled, on this visa, with my spouse (UK citizen) to Croatia in May 2015 with no issues.   However, now I wish to travel to Hungary without my spouse for a week but I am not sure if I will be allowed entry this time around into the country without my spouse.   Do I have to produce any documents at the border since I am not traveling with my spouse?   I plan to take a copy of my marriage certificate and my partner's passport copy anyway.
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I am an Indian living in Italy and I am going to the UK for a leisurely family vacation for about 10 days. Please note, this application is not very straight forward. There are four applicants, one applicant is applying from India another two are applying from Singapore and I am applying from Italy. The checklist at the top has the statement  all documents must be in English translated documents must be certified  I got the proof of accommodation from my commune, but it is in Italian. Getting it translated, isn't such a big deal as the commune itself provides multi-lingual certificates. For the rest of the documents, this is an issue. Such as for &quot;Evidence of being in education&quot;, my university provides an online certificate for this purpose which is in Italian. Multiple acquaintances said that they provided their Italian house contract (in Italian) as proof of residency and no requirement came up for translation. Can anyone comment on how strict are they while enforcing the translational requirements of documents in respect to a short term visitor visa?
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I am a Portuguese Passport Holder and and at present on visit to my relatives in Paris and my wife is holding Indian Passport and had traveled along with me to Paris on Schengen Visa which was valid for 20 days And now we are planning to visit our next relatives in UK but my wife's Schengen Visa expired. So need information how we can travel to UK. And can my wife apply for UK visa from Paris now?
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I have a valid Schengen visa from France, and I visited France couple of months ago. I would like to ask if I can access Cyprus without obtaining a Cyprus visa.   Is my Schengen visa enough?
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I'm a citizen of Ukraine planning on visiting Italy early in October for tourism. Later that month I'm accepted as a speaker at the conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Both countries are members of Schengen agreement and a visa is required for me to visit them. Therefore, I need to visit Schengen countries 2 times and I need to get my visas ASAP (to confirm my talk to the conference organizers, as well as to avoid overpaying for hotels/flight tickets).   I've heard a number of times that a single person can't apply for a Schengen visa if already in possession of one, but I'd like to clarify this. Say, I've got a visa from Italy for the period of October 1st - October 14th. Can I get another one from Czech Republic for October 25th - October 30th before I visit Italy? Would the answer be different if I were to visit the second country (CZ) on October 13th - October 20th, thus, having a single day overlap between these visits. It would be of a tremendous help if you could link to the official documents that prove your point, but I'd certainly appreciate answers even without such links.  Both times I'm going to apply for a short-term tourist visa covering the dates of my travel. If the answer to both questions above is no - would several visits to multiple Schengen countries over a short period of time be a valid reason to apply for a single multiple-entry visa that covers the whole period from October 1st to October 30th from Italy?
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I applied for a Schengen multiple entry visa but I got only one single entry with a period of stay of 21 days.  I'm traveling first to Austria; then I booked a flight to Paris, France. Is that possible or should I take only trains or vehicles to travel since my visa is only a single entry? Can I fly to other Schengen countries with a single entry visa?  Should I travel to the country that issued the visa? I'm going backpacking through Europe and I don't know my longest destination or my actual destinations, to be clearer.
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I'm planning to travel to the Netherlands, Spain and Bulgaria. My longest stay will probably be in Bulgaria. Now, Bulgaria doesn't issue a Schengen visa but allows people with a Schengen visa to visit. Which visa should I be applying for? Bulgarian Visa AND Schengen visa or just the Schengen visa for Netherlands or Spain?
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I am not from EU. I have Spanish partner and we live in Spain and, because of our official relationship, I have a Spanish family resident permit. We are going to travel to the UK together for tourism. I am confused whether I need an EEA family permit or not.  I will not live there and I'm going to travel with my partner. I was told that I don't need a visa, that showing our civil union document will be sufficent. Is this correct, or do I need a visa to enter the UK?    Thank you so much for your answer. Let me give you more detail.  I hold Turkish citizenship.  My resident card exactly says that Residence Card of a Family Member of a Union Citizen " tarjeta de familiar de la union.   my case is like For example, a non-EEA spouse of a German national living in Germany will usually hold a residence permit issued under German domestic law. Therefore, a United Kingdom EEA family permit is required for travel and entry to the UK , therefore I should consider that I need to EEA Family Permit even if for touristic trip with my partner.
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I'm an Indian National. I have a Type C Schengen Business Visa which is valid from 26-11-2015 to 26-11-2020. I received it when I intended to travel to Netherlands, although I have not used it.   When I applied for a spouse endorsement, the passport on which the visa is stamped was cancelled and a new passport was issued.  Now, I plan to travel to Italy on business from July 8th to 16th.    Can travel with the same visa in old passport, or should I cancel the existing visa and apply for a new one?  I contacted the Netherlands Embassy call center (not VFS Netherlands) which responded that I can use it without any issues. However, they have not confirmed it by email.   I asked about any immigration issues in Italy and was told me that, if I have a valid itinerary and invitation letter from the office, there should be no problem. I was also told that Italian immigration authorities are able to contact the Dutch, if necessary.   I emailed the Italian Embassy in Mumbai (visa.mumbai@esteri.it) and await its response.
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I am a US citizen w/dual Italian citizenship traveling over 6 months in Europe.  I will be establishing Italy as primary stay although, my husband (USA citizen) does not have an Italian citizenship.  We want to travel for 6 months to a year throughout Europe.  My question is, what are the rules for him?  Does he need an extended stay visa or can he attach himself to me (I have an EU passport) since we are married?
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I have planned travel to Iceland, Germany and Spain this summer, from July 1st to July 21st. I see that EU Commission is now considering visa requirements for US citizens and may come to a decision by mid June.    How do I apply for a visa when there is no current requirement?
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I have a relative who has an EU passport. They emigrated out of the EU many years ago and have married (in Australia) an Australian citizen. They are planning on travelling around EU/Europe later this year (just a regular holiday, not working or anything)  I know the EU relative will have no problem getting into the EU (since they are an EU citizen), and that it will (probably) be very easy for an Australian citizen to get a tourist visa for many countries.  But I have a vague idea that the spouse of an EU citizen is (legally) allowed live and work in the EU for as long as they want, right? So in theory, the spouse could never be denied a visa, or have to pay for one, right?  How would the non-EU spouse enter the EU as 'spouse-of-EU-citizen' rather than 'general-tourist'? Is this possible? Is this beneficial?
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I understand that there will be some issues.   I have got a single entery Italian Schengen Visa valid early April for 2 weeks. But because of the coronavirus, Italy is under lockdown, which means that I am unable to make my trip as planned.  Now if I changed my planned destination and to visit Greece (by flight via Paris) instead, can I enter France with my already issued Italian Schengen Visa?  I can provide my new air ticket and hotel reservations, but I won't go to Italy at all. What other options I can choose if I need to make the trip on the same dates?
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I am a citizen of the Republic of Macedonia.  This summer, I spent 7 days in Croatia and a little bit over 3 months in Switzerland.  I had a Swiss national visa (type D) valid for 3 months, as I performed an internship during that period.  The "little bit over" (just a few days) period I stayed there as a tourist.  In other words, I spent around 10 days as a tourist in the Schengen area, and 3 months on a type D visa.  My question now is: do the days spent on a type D visa count towards the 90/180 days rule?  I would like to travel to the Schengen area soon (as a tourist), but I'm afraid that wouldn't be possible if those 3 months counted toward the 90/180 days rule.
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I am from Brazil and travel a lot in Schengen countries. Under the rules of Schengen visa (3 months stay in a 6 months period). In my passport are the entrance and exit stamps, also to chec the days I stay in Schengen.  I need a new passport and will get this in Brazil. So in this new passport are NOT the stamps. Does this mean I start new with the Schengen visa rule? I seems like. The new passport is empty. Or do I miss something? It would be great because I am almost on my 90 days stay in the period of 180 days.
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I'm a Philippine passport holder.  I have applied recently for a Schengen and UK visa and was approved.  Unfortunately before my travel dates came my UAE residence needs to be cancelled as I was terminated.    Can I still travel to Europe since I have a visa with them and be back to UAE on a visit visa.  Will all these be possible to do?
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We want to visit Canada on a short-term visitor visa for tourism. We are a family of 4 but we have a family friend traveling with us. While applying for the visa online and filling the questionnaire, it asks for additional family members traveling with me and their documents so shall I include our family friend in the same list? If not, how do we process it otherwise?  All 5 of us applied for a USA/UK visa in the same way in a single application. I just had to mention the people traveling with me, we applied as a group and went for interview together. We were granted the visa successfully.