Do you have to depart from the country where the Schengen Visa was applied from?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 2 Aug, 2023
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Note that the way most airports are organized, the officer doesn’t even know where you came from as passengers that came by different planes all get mixed up. The passports don’t necessarily show that information either because most countries don’t stamp passports of their citizens, some (e. g. US) don’t stamp on exit and others (e. g. Australia) don’t stamp any passports at all, preferring electronic records instead; not to mention people can quite legally hold several passports, issued by the same country or by different ones.
Thus the requirement makes no sense as it would be impossible to uphold it.
As an aside, having been previously admitted to the US and leaving that country lends a bit of extra credence that the passenger will likewise honor immigration laws of other countries.
There is no such restriction. You are free to fly into any Schengen country and fly out of any other Schengen country. The only thing being checked is if you have to right visas for Schengen area and US while entry.
Another important point to be noted is that visa application has to be submitted to the country of first entry. That is, if you’re planning to enter Schengen area in Frankfurt, then you have to apply at the German Consulate/Embassy for Schengen Visa.
I guess something got garbled in the transmission:
- Usually they can only apply from their country of residence. They can transit through other countries, of course.
- In their application, they must make it credible that they will leave again. This is easiest if they return to their place of residence, but also possible in other itineraries.
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No. There is no such requirement.
Somebody will put a notice on this answer that it is unsourced, but governments aren’t generally in the business of listing requirements that they do not impose. If you’re in the mood for some light reading, you can look in the Schengen Borders Code and the Schengen Visa Code, where you will find no such requirement.
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