I am not sure, whether I can leave Spain with getting stopped at Barcelona Airport or getting fine. Thanks for your service to the red, white & blue! Nothing in the world is worth it because it could ruin future visa chances if you are caught. How many Americans have you heard of actually getting banned from the EU for overstaying? I have the following question: my wife overstayed his staying in Europe because I came here to study a Masters Degree in Europe and she applied along me with reason of family ties. You wouldnt have trouble traveling within Schengen unless there was a reinforced border check, which France actually might have until April 30th, but that is only if you re-enter France. First, thank you for all your tips and advice here. any help you can give me PLEASE help!! Im feeling okay about my exit, but still definitely a little nervous. I planned to go home to the U.S. just before Thanksgiving in November, and as I am talking with my friends about my exit plans, Ive learned a bout this Schengen rule! I know it will again depend on the person working. I dd not check the number of days on the vsa and instead went by expiry date. To cross country out from schengen which has no visa needed and dont comeback yet to my home country before my 90 days visa expired. I have a difficult situation, I hope you can give me some advice. Last year I was in Germany and I believe that I overstayed my Schengen visa by 6 or 7 days for a total of 96-97/180 days. For the details, what's been reported to us here is anecdotal and limited information. And Greece is also really cut-throat on catching people (even if its just a day). Just outside of Monaco, 2 vans of police shook down the Flixbus I was on and didnt catch it. If they do grant you a SSN, you need to go back to Portugal on a work visa and absolutly not a tourist visa. They can see all the history of your previous visas if they actually look into it, so yes, they can see if it was canceled. My French partner and I want to get married before that (in Denmark as its a hell of a lot less paper work). Because if you say to a border guard I couldnt leave due to Corona and the boarder guard said Why not, there were flights available for expats to leave then youre in a pickle. Is this worth trying? Despite most expressing a wish to remain in the EU, not every country saw a rise in support for voting to remain. So be careful on that. One more thing, the immigration office have asked them to leave Germany by December 31, 2018 but my wife claimed that she cant interrupt the kids studying at schools and that they will leave after school year ended June 28, 2018. . My last fly in was sometime in May and I havent left since then as I have been struggling with the student visa application since then. I feel like there are not enough people sharing their stories of being caught! Thats why Trump wants to build that wall . 2 weeks for being in hospital, and 3 months because of covid19! Louise. Hi Roman, thanks for stopping by ! But my visa already expired since may2017, so I decided to going back to my country and officially married there and going back to Belgium again after married. So before the 18th of September. I need to clarify this issue as I am trying to take this trip before I head home to the US. If you are in the country without the right to be (without a visa), then you actually are legally required to leave, that is the whole point of having the visa. . I mean do you think that schengen area shared my details on E.U contries that is non schengen? Sil. You cannot do this, so dont risk overstaying again waiting for a visa that cannot happen. Because Im totally screwed then. Very correct, just because I have not heard of someone not being allowed back into the Schengen Zone on a tourist visa after previously overstaying does not mean that it has not happened before. Much easier to do things properly from the start rather than try to fix them later, but still I have to do something now. How will the immigration officers know if its expired or not? So thats what I did, changed my ticket and took the next flight to JFK. My partner is a Polish national who has been working in Spain for 1 year. Plus, the countries want you to enter on the correct visa. Penalty for overstay - Portugal. The problem is you are leaving from Spain, where you have spent your entire time. Just think like this, on the day you arrive in Schengen on Nov. 4, count backwards 180 dayshow many days were you in Schengen in the LAST 180 days. After Coronavirus I would love to visit Europe and my boyfriend, but I dont know if Im banned, If I have to pay a fine or if waiting 18 months to go would be enough. Does that extra 90 days extension cancel the 90 days out rule, so you can return for another 90 days when 180 days are up? Honestly, I have accidentally overstayed on my multiple entry visa. Im assuming you were on a 6-month student visa? Hope this helps! And 6 months later i applied for a schengen visa and include all papers justifying why i overstayed but they denied my visa and said that it was not because I was sick i overstayed. Also, just apply for the student visa you will never be guarenteed the visa, and if youre denied, you just appeal it, maybe with the help of an immigration lawyer. If youve been advised legally to go back to your country, then you should probably go back to your country to wait on a visa. Hope this answers your question. You need a business visa or work permit: http://www.migrant.info.pl/Work_permit.html, Because I was trying to finish my business in the country I was living before now my question about the 2 days that I overstay from there point of view and now I have 30 days to leave Poland and I didnt pay any fines or anything but if I hire a lawyer can he do anything so I wouldnt leave or its impossible. The official websites state that an individual is allowed to stay in the Schengen region but away from the country that issued the residence permit for 90/180 days. I explained the situation and he told me that I was in Germany and that I had broken the rules of the country. As a traveler you are a guest in another country. You had no other entrance stamps from other Schengen countries? So if ill go back from Italy, can they see that my visa is canceled? I have a brand new passport without stamps because my old one was stolen. I was here on Youth Mobility Visa, that expired so then the 90 day tourist visa kicks in. Any ideas you can share would be greatly appreciated. It definitly gets more complicated when you are settling there for a longer period then you need to look into switching your residence and get a tax number. According to the French government, under no circumstances should a person stay past the expiration of their 90 day visitor visa. So best stick to non-Schengen. As for your travels to Spain, there will be no passport control between Austria > Spain. Americans do get a lot more leniency (I know this sounds prejudice, but it is true) if they overstay by a couple days. She has been studying and has support letter from the college, but no student visa, and she has not tried to get any type of co-habitation visa, and is not working. In Germany, a fine of up to 3,000 is possible while in Spain it can range from 500 to 10,000. Your information has now been added to the SIS system which is looked at when you apply for visas. Then there will be more to talk about . if u can answer again thanks a lot, Hi Fahim, I have emailed you back twice. I havent received any formal response from anywhere until now. This got reported however my passport was stamped with ext date and there is thing mentioned on the PASSPRT. Im now in Spain and due to fly back to the UK on the 26th of October to get a flight back to Australia on the 30th. Hey AJ! She will be trying to get back into Portugal after using up all of her 90 days, mostly because she wants to try and get her visa application meeting undertaken. Your issue is quite common, and I talk about it in my Top Questions About Schengen Overstay Answered under Situation E. Applying to a non-EU university will probably not affect a student visa in that country since you werent detained or deported in another country just overstayed. Hi Lily! There has been a significant decline in support for leaving the European Union within its member states following the United Kingdoms Brexit vote, according to a new survey by the European Social Survey. Hey, I noticed you mentioned your job in Spain? Thanks for writing in. I had the capacity to go home to USA but chose not to because the situation felt more dangerous because of the rapid spread of the virus. I am a Canadian. Sorry I missed your comment! will they give this information at airport when he is leaving the europe or no? Or, do airports not check stamps for intra-schengen travel (and only use passports for identification)? Happy travels! I would definitely suggest Italy or Spain in your case. The first Visa obviously has no issues but the second one I missed my flight to Italy and because of my appointment in Spain I have to travel straight to Spain. She ask me to give a date for the wedding, but my boyfriend and I had already decided that we would not get married and that we would expect the 6 months to leave the country. According to them, Bilateral takes 1st place, so as long as you abide by those guidelines in theoryYou should be ok leaving, pending you dont layover in another Schengen country. Left from Denmark, no questions or problems there either. I dont want to have my trip aborted before it even begins! The family court procedure is now over, And I am now somewhat illegal . In fact that would have been the right way around to do things Germany first then Spain. So she cannot just change her tourist visa into a student visa within the next 11 days, unfortunately. The officer spoke with another officer then made a photocopy of my passport including stamps, he then stamped my passport with the normal exit stamp and sent me on my way. I got my Schengen visa today and the duration of stay is just 10 days whereas I have a visa for 24 days. Thanks for explaining your issue. but you will also need to make sure all of your flights and connecting flights do not touch down in a Schengen country, or else you will be automatically denied entry. If you stayed on your tourist visas, you do not get access to healthcare benefits, bank accounts, pension, and could run the risk of being deported, fined, and banned from EU. Technically, if you have a tourist visa-free passport for EU, you get the 90/180 tourism after your buisiness visa expiresbut you must be past the point of no return by now . They should have more information. Thanks so much for the kind words! Im concerned about the fact that I have effectively overstayed my tourist visa, even if it was because of neverending bureaucracy; especially becuase Germany has a reputation for being strict about non-EU travellers. 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