Can I enter a Schengen country early as a visa-free traveler, then a week later begin staying with my Schengen visa?
Upvote:2
French long-stay visas typically need to be validated within three months of entering France (there are exceptions, including working holiday visas). This used to entail a medical checkup and getting a sticker but can now be done online. What happens if you exceed that delay is not completely clear. In theory your presence could be deemed illegal which would in turn create many problems down the line but I have also heard of people who submitted their application a little late and didn't suffer any consequences.
Note that this is three months after entering France, not the Schengen area. A long visa-free visit elsewhere in the Schengen area before could therefore create some difficulties because it would prevent you to use your entry stamp to document your date of entry or could make it appear as if you went past the three-month deadline. A week is not long enough to be a problem.
Upvote:4
Official answer from the Consulate in DC
Dear Sir,
You can enter before on your 90/180 days allowance BUT
<<Or would I need to leave the schengen area and re-enter to get a valid stamp matching the visa start date?>>
You will have to leave the Schengen area (visiting UK for example) to have your long-stay Visa activated.
More post
- 📝 Can I drive in California on a valid Indian driving licence?
- 📝 Traveling to mexico without visa. Do I need a return ticket?
- 📝 Documents needed for Immigration
- 📝 What are the hours of the passport application counter at Lisbon airport
- 📝 UK transit visa under processing; change of travel dates?
- 📝 Travelling to Russia with engagement ring?
- 📝 First time in Paris - decent questions regarding transportation and tourist attractions
- 📝 Is it safe to make groups/families sit apart from each other?
- 📝 Condor checked baggage fees with connecting flights to USA
- 📝 Can a non-EU citizen enter EU countries using a Bulgarian D visa?
- 📝 Metro working hours in Lille
- 📝 What should I bring for a lightweight motorcycle trip across Vietnam?
- 📝 Schengen Visa multiple purpose of visits
- 📝 Do I still need to bring/print e-ticket reference number if I check in on-line and print my boarding pass?
- 📝 Driving From Toronto, Ontario to Yellowknife Mid- January 2018
- 📝 Flying domestically in the USA with non-US passport, if the immigration status expired
- 📝 Japan shore pass
- 📝 Compensation for a flight going somewhere else
- 📝 What percentage of train connections from Brussels airport do run during national strikes?
- 📝 Q1 and ESTA applications
- 📝 Availability of public telephone for tourists in uk
- 📝 Is it possible to enter the shopping area at terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle, if I land at terminal 1, upon arrival?
- 📝 How do I get from Amsterdam airport to Rotterdam cruise terminal
- 📝 Staying in the EU past my 90-day work agreement
- 📝 I was in the USA three times this year. I am now here traveling for 90 days. Do the previous visits count in the 90 days?
- 📝 What is the proper tool to unscrew this type of screw?
- 📝 Can I get a visa on arrival at Bahrain with a new GCC Residence Permit?
- 📝 Transport for Tour of Southern Spain
- 📝 Website showing cheap flight offers for Germany
- 📝 transit through London Luton (LTN)
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Can I enter a Schengen country early as a visa-free traveler, then a week later begin staying with my Schengen visa?
- 📝 Can I enter country on Schengen visa before National visa start date?
- 📝 Can I enter Bulgaria first by my single entry schengen visa , stay in Bulgaria 3 days then go to Italy?
- 📝 Can I travel through the Schengen Zone on a type D student visa (for Spain) if I have already lived in the country of the vissa for more then 90 days?
- 📝 Can I enter **FIRST** to a different schengen country from my d-type national visa
- 📝 Can I enter and leave a Schengen Country if my visa expires over 2 months afterwards?
- 📝 Can I leave the Schengen area and then enter again 9 days before my visa expires?
- 📝 My German Schengen Visa allows me to enter the country on Dec 12. Can I book my departure flight on late evening of Dec 11th?
- 📝 Can we apply for a Schengen tourist visa while visiting another country on a short-stay visa?
- 📝 Can I enter the UK visa free after a visa refusal due to lack of funds?
- 📝 Can I enter France with an Italian Schengen Visa under coronavirus situation?
- 📝 UK Issued 1951 Blue Travel Document - Can you travel throughout Schengen without a visa if entering a visa free country?
- 📝 Can I apply for a Schengen visa of the first port of entry or does it need to be the country of the longest duration?
- 📝 Can I stay in Schengen area after my visa expires if I enter while the visa is valid?
- 📝 Schengen visa used in non-EU country can it be reused in EU?
- 📝 Can I apply for a Schengen visa at a consulate of a country I don't really intend to visit? Is such visa shopping acceptable?
- 📝 Can I exit the Schengen area from a country that has previously rejected my visa application?
- 📝 Can you still travel to a Schengen country on a Schengen visa, even if your UAE residence visa is expiring next month?
- 📝 Can I apply for a new German Schengen visa, when my first Czech Schengen visa has not expired but only allows me to enter once?
- 📝 I have a multiple-entry Schengen visa issued by Switzerland, can I come back home and then go to France?
- 📝 Can I enter USA under VWP, leave after 10 days to go to Mexico for 12 days, and then re-enter the US under a J-1 visa to study for four months?
- 📝 Can I use a Schengen visa issued the French Embassy to enter the Netherlands
- 📝 Can I apply for schengen visa from a country other than my country of residence.?
- 📝 Can you enter UK later than intended date of travel on the visa application?
- 📝 My Schengen visa is expired but I'm still here in Poland. Can I go out in the country anytime even I applied for the extension of my Schengen?
- 📝 Can I apply for Schengen Visa in my home country even though I have stayed in Australia for the last 6 months?
- 📝 Can I enter Mexico using a Schengen business visa issued by Germany?
- 📝 Does a single-entry visa allow you to do a long transit in Schengen countries then leave to the country that issued the visa?
- 📝 Can I enter another country as my 'first entry' not the one I put in my Schengen application?
- 📝 After a Schengen visa refusal, can one reapply to a different country with a different itinerary?