Entering Schengen area 5 days before the Visa date starts
Upvote:9
The rule really is quite simple, you must have a valid visa to enter the Schengen area and your visa is only valid for the period mentioned on the visa sticker. On the other hand, if the visa is in fact valid on the 19th, entering a few days before what you originally planned is not a problem.
Entering before the start of your visa might seem less serious than overstaying after its end but legally it's the same thing and I don't see any room for interpretation here. If you try to enter Spain on the 19th, you should be denied entry and you probably won't even be allowed to board the plane to go there.
Unfortunately, you will therefore need to get another visa or postpone your trip. You should in any case try to contact the relevant Spanish consulate as soon as possible. They might be willing to alter the visa free of charge or they might demand a fresh application but they can in any case replace this visa with another one if they want to. The timeframe is quite short but even a completely new application should be doable in one week.
More post
- 📝 Can Samsung Galaxy S5 be used in South Korea?
- 📝 Traveling on H4 visa in pregnancy
- 📝 How long do I have to stay outside of the Schengen Area?
- 📝 Where to see traditional but everyday Japanese architecture
- 📝 Zagreb - Belgrade train schedules
- 📝 Any late train from EuroAirport to Zurich?
- 📝 How to buy a flight ticket when holding an Estonian alien passport?
- 📝 What should I write in column of Member State of First Country when I am coming to Hungary from India
- 📝 Confusion about the online booking of Lego House tickets
- 📝 Is it ok to bring sweets with dairy products into USA
- 📝 Anything cheaper or better than getting a car from a rental place in Spain?
- 📝 90 days in the US under the VWP - is it possible to leave after say 60 days for 2 weeks and then return for a week
- 📝 Endorsing my partner for a UK tourist visa [I: UK, partner: India], from USA
- 📝 Going to the USA to visit online friends after a trip to Morocco
- 📝 What is the official website to apply for a Moroccan e-visa?
- 📝 What is the minimum age to drive and to rent a car for a trip between Los Angeles and Las Vegas?
- 📝 Visa for layover in Narita Airport?
- 📝 What if my train is delayed causing my ticket to expire?
- 📝 App that shows fares to all US cities from specific airport and specific "from" & "to" dates?
- 📝 Cross mark on a visa stamp - Bahamas
- 📝 Does an Indian need a transit visa for a long layover in Dubai? Does Emirates provide transit accommodation in economy class?
- 📝 In which city are these buildings?
- 📝 Canada Visitor Visa Proof Of Funds
- 📝 Staying over night on US transit visa
- 📝 Do I need a transit visa at Istanbul Airport to visit the city?
- 📝 travel with dual passport (UK passport and Chinese Passport) from Japan to South Korea
- 📝 Is 1h 15m layover in Brisbane long enough?
- 📝 Renting a manual transmission motorbike in Ubud
- 📝 Health vaccinations for UK
- 📝 LDW / LIS for US car rental booked in UK
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Entering Schengen area 5 days before the Visa date starts
- 📝 Arriving in a transit airport in Schengen area the night before the effective Visa date
- 📝 Can I enter the Schengen area a few days before my student visa expires?
- 📝 Staying in the Schengen Area after the permitted days of entry but before the visa expiry
- 📝 Can I leave the Schengen area and then enter again 9 days before my visa expires?
- 📝 Do I have to leave the Schengen area if I have a short term (C) visa that will expire right before my National Visa (D) officially starts?
- 📝 Traveling in Schengen area before going to the country that my type D visa is for
- 📝 Applying for Schengen Visa. My UAE residence visa will expire before 3 months from the day of departure from the Schengen area
- 📝 During B1/B2 visa interview, is it problem to request that the visa starts several days before the conference
- 📝 Entering the UK before Tier 5 YMS visa start date
- 📝 Schengen Visa application while my UAE residence visa will expire before 3 months from the day of departure from the Schengen area
- 📝 As an F1 visa holder, do I need transit visa for travelling through the US earlier than 30 days before the start date of my study?
- 📝 Entering US a few days before B1/B2 visa expiration date
- 📝 Entering the UK as a visitor (then leaving) before the start date of a Tier 4 visa
- 📝 Entering Schengen before the residence permit starts
- 📝 Staying more than 90 days in the Schengen area with a multiple-entry visa
- 📝 Can I enter Schengen before the visa START Date but after the issue date?
- 📝 I have a Schengen visa from Netherlands Embassy but I want to spent two days in Paris first before I go to the Netherlands is it allow
- 📝 Can I enter the Schengen area if my visa period is valid before the 180 day rule
- 📝 Does my EU residence card count as a Schengen visa for the purposes of entering Argentina visa-free?
- 📝 Traveling to the US on the VWP before entering with a J1 visa
- 📝 Schengen area 90 days limit: Can I leave on the 91st day?
- 📝 When to visit both the Schengen area and the UK, which visa should be obtained first?
- 📝 Can I get an e-Visa for Turkey with a Schengen visa for an earlier date than the Schengen visa?
- 📝 No date written on 'admitted until' stamp on my passport while entering the US on immigrant Visa F41
- 📝 Entering the Schengen area after being told I can't return to Spain
- 📝 UK visit visa extension before entering the UK
- 📝 Can Schengen visa be issued 1 month before the start of its validity date?
- 📝 Entering Schengen countries with a valid visa which will expire in 10 days
- 📝 Which country to leave the Schengen area for 90 days and come back?