For the Single Entry Schengen visa, do the microstates (Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City) count?

10/16/2019 9:56:17 AM

For almost all non European Union/EEA citizens, an entry or exit stamp is mandatory upon crossing the external Schengen border

  • Article 8 (3) Border Code (thorough check)

  • Article 11 (3) Border Code

    • (e) Citizens of Andorra, Monaco and San Marino are exempted

No ‘Immigration’ (enter/exit) stamp for persons enjoying the right of free movement under Union law

  • Article 8 (2) Border Code (minimum check)
  • for third country citizens: only when the residence card is presented

A Single Entry Schengen visa is considered used

  • when an Schengen entry/exit stamp exists

so where there is no passport control, no new Schengen entry/exit stamp can be given and the 90/180 days rule apply (the clock does not stop).

Monaco is considered to be inside the external Schengen Border

  • Convention on Good Neighbourly Relations of 18 May 1963 on the entry, stay and establishment of foreigners in Monaco and exchange of letters from 15 December 1997
    • France will stamp the passport when needed
      • when the external Schengen Border through Monaco is crossed

Andorra is considered outside the Schengen Area

  • a multiple entry Schengen Visa is required to enter Andora

San Marino is considered outside the Schengen Area

  • but maintains an open border with Italy, so there is no passport control

Vatican is considered outside the Schengen Area

  • but maintains an open border with Italy, so there is no passport control

References:

10/15/2019 4:02:37 PM

There are no passport controls to enter Vatican City.

Technically, the Vatican is not part of the Schengen Zone or the EU, but it has an open border with Italy, and Italy is the only way to enter the Vatican.

So no-one will even know you have visited Vatican.

As o.m mentioned:

it is more like “they have a practical agreement that the Vatican doesn’t count.” It would only really matter if someone stays more than 90 days in Schengen-plus-Vatican.

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