How does the Schengen visa duration and entry work?

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Rule Number 1 (for Q2): be truthful, give a realistic itinerary.

The enter and exit days counts as full days.

Q4: You may not enter before the first day stated on the visa.

Note: Some visas (often first time visas) are issued for a date range. More often a amount of days (duration). If nothing is given then 90 days within a 180 period.

So if the visa is issued on 2020-03-01 (valid for 6 months) and for 10 days duration, then you can stay for 10 full days (including enter and exit days) with the earliest enter date of 1st of March or the latest date of the last day that the visa is valid minus 10.

Q1: The United Kingdom is not part of the Schengen Area, so the dates there do not count. The day you leave the United Kingdom and enter the Schengen Area (The Netherlands) does count.

If you are a first time applicant and your itinerary shows you need only a single entry visa, then only a single enter visa will be issued. For a round trip a double entry will be issued.

Q5: Applying for a double entry that is not needed, gives a bad impression.

Slight changes in an itinerary are assumed (in most cases 10 extra days are added after the expected exit date).

Q3: It does not matter from where you enter the Schengen Area, so you do not need to return to India after visiting the United States.

With a good travel history (i. e. proper usage of previous visas) a multiple entry visa can be issued.

United Kingdom:

You do not state whether you are going through Border Control

  • such as leaving from another airport than Gatwick

So check which type of visa you may need:

  • Direct Airside Transit visa (DATV)
  • Visitor in Transit visa (going through Border Control, 48 hours)

at the link below.

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