Do I need a visa if I travel from Paris to Amsterdam if I entered as Crew Member?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 5 Aug, 2023
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After some inspection and asking few crew members. It turns out that if you enter any country within the Schengen area as a crew member then you can move within the Schengen area. Make sure you have your passport and a copy of the crew members General Declaration.
UPDATE:
I went to Amsterdam and came back, I asked the police at the station in Paris and he said it’s ok. Anyway no one stopped me or asked me. All went smooth just like a domestic trip.
I’m not exactly sure what a general declaration is, but chances are you won’t be allowed to travel outside the issuing country. To travel around in the Schengen area you generally need a Schengen visa (or be a citizen of a Schengen country).
This being said, there is of course the option of just going anyway. There are no routine checks at borders within the Schengen area anymore (except in some special cases like the European football championship 2008 where Austria did check passports at the border). I went to the Czech Republic twice without bringing my passport or any other valid form of ID (I’m from a neighboring country; driving license probably won’t be accepted). There were no checks at the border and it’s quite unlikely that police will randomly check your passport and visa – but it could happen anywhere and anytime of course!
Credit:stackoverflow.com‘
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