Can an Indian (tourist) stop in the Schengen area and then continue to USA without going back to India?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 3 Aug, 2023
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After obtained students schengen visa you have to go back after for example 30 days course finished. There is no way to stay
It is possible that your travel agent is making this comment not regarding visas, but regarding cost of travel. Visa-wise, I agree with the other answers, this is no concern. Pricewise though, the advice might be solid, here is why.
If you fly from Delhi to Berlin, then from Berlin to NY and then back from NY to Delhi direct, this is three one-way tickets which WILL be very expensive. There are two solutions to this:
1- Do what your agent said. Fly Delhi to Berlin and back, then Delhi to NY and back.
2- Make sure you connect in the same city on the way back. I.e. Fly from Delhi to Berlin, stay there, go to NY and when flying back make sure you connect in Berlin.
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You do not need to return to India before going to the United States.
In order to obtain a Schengen visa, you need to show that you are capable (have “sufficient means of subsistence”, e.g. money) and intend to leave the Schengen area to a country where you are “certain to be admitted“.
As a practical matter, having a valid visa for such a third country, along with onward tickets to that country, is sufficient, and many people obtain Schengen visas for similar itineraries all the time.
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You do NOT have to return back to your home country. It’s perfectly fine to travel to the US from anywhere as long as you have the right visa.
Many people leave their home countries once, travel to many places as long as they have the right visas, then finally go back home. They don’t have to go back home after every country they visit along the way. That’s not how visas work, and not how common sense works as well. Also, that’s why websites have multi-city bookings, that’s one of the reasons why real travel agencies (eg. not online) are still there, to be able to make such complicated itineraries.
Your travel agent gave you a bad advice, he/ she is either new to this, or has a plan to make more money out of this.
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