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Yes, a D
visa is still a "Schengen visa". The Schengen agreement originally had A
, B
, C
and D
ones:
From The Schengen acquis (page 411):
In order to facilitate matters for the control authorities, this heading specifies the type of visa using the letters A, B, C and D as follows :
A: airport transit visa
B: transit visa
C: short-term visa
D: long-term national visaFor visas with limited territorial validity and group visas the letters A, B or C shall be used depending on the case in question.
but B
is now defunct.
Page 462 (ibid.) has a table of fees:
where visa types are further differentiated. C3. and C4. may be referred to as "MEV" and all of C
or just C1. and C2. as "uniform". Visas with limited territorial validity may be referred to as "LTV", visas issued at the border as "BCP" and airport transit visas as "ATV".