I am a US citizen and have been granted a temporary residence permit in Sweden on the grounds of visiting my father who lives there. I first stayed in the Schengen area for the full 90 day period which is allowed on the free US travel visa, and received the temporary residence permit on the last day of this period. It extended my stay in Sweden by 5 1/2 months and only allows me to stay in Sweden. When this extension expires in March, I would like to take some time to travel in the rest of Europe. I want to know if I am legally allowed to do so. I know that US citizens are allowed 90 days in 180 day period, and my 180 days are up in Jan, but I will stay in Sweden until March. Would it be best for me to exit Schengen from Sweden and then reenter through another country? Or do I have to go home?
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I have a 1-year residence permit from one Schengen country that is now expiring. Upon its expiration, I would like to get my 90/180 days validity as a tourist to stay, or return here as soon as possible.  I understand that the tourist short-stay scheme is based on the 90/180 days "counter". But what happens if my previous stay was not tourism but residence (as searching year). Wouldn't that mean that I can quickly exit and re-enter the Schengen area to activate my tourist stay?   Also, is there a way to change this purpose of stay without exiting the Schengen area?
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Just curious. I am a non-Schengen (and non-EU) national with a residence permit from Finland, enabling me to travel visa-free inside the Schengen area up to 90 days in any 180-day period.  Since there is no passport control between Schengen countries, it looks like one can easily overstay without any consequences. So how is this 90/180 rule tracked for RP holders?  DISCLAIMER: I am not going to break the rules. I'm just curious about how it works, because while traveling I have never shown my passport or RP to authorities.
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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 recently discovered that I will be over-staying my 90 day visa waiver by 2 days. My question is about leaving the country as I fly from NYC to LA before flying home to Australia and I'm wondering that if because the Visa has technically expired will I be allowed to fly from one US state to another or will I be forced to fly directly out of the US from NYC?
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The  says:  foreign nationals who have been in any of the following countries during the past 14 days may not enter the United States.  and then goes on to list Schengen, UK, Brazil, China, Brazil, Iran. However, the  is opening back up to both US and UK tourists starting 1 July, including Puerto Rico. Could I not just go to the Caribbean for 14 days, chill on the beach, and then enter the US? I had a big US road trip planned this summer and don't want to give up on it!
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I am US citizen. We are allowed to  stay in Malaysia for 90 days.      Can I extend my 90 days if I cross over to Singapore and return to Kuala Lumpur the following day, hence getting another 90 days "extension" for my stay in Malaysia?    Can I repeat this just a few days before my next 90 day is up?
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Can anyone tell me if the 90 days is in fact 90 nights? Can you leave the Schengen area on the 91st day? Or are you only allowed 89 nights and you are required to leave on the 90th day?
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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'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 planned a trip to Europe the month before my student visa starts but wanted to stop in the UK for 2 weeks before I continue traveling through Europe. Would I be allowed to enter the UK as a tourist for 2 weeks, leave the UK to go to France (etc.) and the enter later on my Student Visa?
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I am a British citizen visiting the USA in early August for a two week vacation with friends. After the holiday I'm returning to my home in the UK for three weeks. After that I will return to the USA and will be working for my British employer under the Visa Waiver Program for a period of 80-85 days.  I have read already that there is technically no problems with this under ESTA rules, but should I limit this working period to a shorter time frame (e.g. 70 or so days) so that it does not negatively affect the decision made by the POE officer? Ideally I would love to be over in the states for the near-full 85 day period.  Any advice or previous experiences anyone can offer?  Some clarifications: As confirmed by the immigration attorney, as I am employed by my UK employer, it will be regarded as a business trip, the important part being that I will be working officially as a consultant for my UK employer just overseas for the allotted 85 or so days
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I'm Italian and I wanted to return to the U.S. to meet some friends. The problem is that in 2011 I overstayed my visa by 4 months (so 90 days of regular visa waiver plus 4 months more for health problems). I read that this put me into a 3-year ban.  Now it's 2015 and in March I went to apply for a B2 visa (ESTA was denied), but they refused to give me a visa because I didn't have enough ties in my home country. I took all the proofs so I believe that the denial was actually for the overstay.  I want to reschedule another appointment this month, but I wanted to know if anyone has re-entered the U.S. after an overstay, or if anyone got a B2 visa after an overstay.
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I have a Schengen visa valid from 19/07/2016 to 10/08/2016. But the duration of stay is 7 days only.  I want to stay for 6 days more, for a total of 14 days. And my flight includes travel from a Schengen state to another.
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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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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 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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I am an Australian citizen, currently studying in Canada.   I entered the United States In July 22nd for 3 days, where I stayed in Seattle before leaving to return to Vancouver. I then again entered the states on 11th of October and returned on the 18th of October.  On October 19th my original and first Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), expired. I was under the impression that if I was to travel into the United States again I would have to apply for another ESTA and start the 90 days again, which I was planning on around December the 10th. In addition to this I am flying into Los Angeles on the 17th of December 2014 (where I plan to travel around the USA until flying out of Los Angeles again on 18th of January back to Australia).  However, after speaking to friends and looking at the website I have become confused on what my next course of action should be.  I am told that I cannot apply for another ESTA and be granted another 90 days visit into the USA, whilst I am in Canada and thus not be able to take any of my flights.  What would be the most appropriate action so that I can take my flights leaving North America and also travel the United States?