Should I cancel my existing Schengen visa in order to get a new one with a few more days of validity?

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As stated by an Italian visa section manager at VFS:

  • In order to change days on your visa, you need to cancel your current visa and re-apply for a new one.
  • They wanted to see my itinerary covering all days of stay in Schengen. So to apply for a longer period, you may need to revise your itinerary.
  • In principle, Italian authorities can extend the visa, which, however, is not guaranteed. From other sources, the extension is only granted in "exceptional cases".

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The biggest issue is that I will have an internal Schengen flight from Italy to France with Ryanair and they ask in their policy to check the visa... In the day of this flight the will be 4 days remaining in my visa. Do they have the right to deny me boarding due to this remaining period?

There are no visa checks on intra-shenghen flights. I am not sure what they would be checking for anyway - travel between Schengen member states is visa-free (that's the whole point of the entire Schengen framework).

However, even if Ryanair checks your visa - it is valid till midnight of the date stamped. They should not deny you boarding.

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