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I am a UK student, visited Italy in July this year. The validity of my visa was for a month, multi-entry. The date of entry was 6/7/22 (Pisa) and the date of exit was 26/7/22 (Brussels), well within the dates of validity. All was done in haste, but was fine, I got back to the UK seamlessly. Only recently did I see the duration of stay on my Visa sticker: 15 days!!!

This has gotten me very very anxious, yes yes, I have made a terrible mistake. But I need to know how to get past this. How serious is this problem?

  No one stopped me or asked me anything at Brussels Charleroi border control. If I plan to apply for a new Schengen visa, would I be rejected? fined? banned? Oh God, I hope not. Should I choose my destination carefully to prevent harsh punishments? Would it help if I postponed all travel plans to Europe for a year? Any advice would help, thanks very much.

More details: I'm Indian. A PhD student in the UK. I went for a conference in Italy, I had flight tickets booked to and from Italy. I submitted them with my Visa application and mentioned also a tentative plan to visit my friends and family in Paris (the reason for asking multiple entry). The change in plans was because I ended up having to combine Italy and Paris together in the same trip as my PhD deadlines had changed, so I only made single entry into the Schengen area, I stayed in Schengen during the whole trip.

I am a UK student who visited Italy in July of this year. The validity of my visa was for one month, with multiple entries. The date of entry was 6/7/22 (Pisa) and the date of exit was 26/7/22 (Brussels), which was well within the dates of validity. Everything was done in haste, but it went fine and I got back to the UK seamlessly. Only recently did I see the duration of stay on my Visa sticker: 15 days!

This has made me very anxious, as I have made a terrible mistake. I need to know how to get past this. How serious is this problem? No one stopped me or asked me anything at Brussels Charleroi border control. If I plan to apply for a new Schengen visa, would I be rejected, fined, or banned? I hope not. Should I choose my destination carefully to avoid severe penalties? Would it help if I postponed all travel plans to Europe for a year? Any advice would help, thank you very much.

More details: I am Indian and a PhD student in the UK. I went to a conference in Italy and had flight tickets booked to and from Italy. I submitted them with my Visa application and mentioned a tentative plan to visit my friends and family in Paris (the reason for asking for multiple entries). The change in plans was because I ended up having to combine Italy and Paris together in the same trip as my PhD deadlines had changed, so there was only a single entry into the Schengen area, and I stayed in the Schengen area during the whole trip.

I am a UK student, visited Italy in July this year. The validity of my visa was for a month, multi-entry. The date of entry was 6/7/22 (Pisa) and the date of exit was 26/7/22 (Brussels), well within the dates of validity. All was done in haste, but was fine, I got back to the UK seamlessly. Only recently did I see the duration of stay on my Visa sticker: 15 days!!!

This has gotten me very very anxious, yes yes, I have made a terrible mistake. But I need to know how to get past this. How serious is this problem?

No one stopped me or asked me anything at Brussels Charleroi border control. If I plan to apply for a new Schengen visa, would I be rejected? fined? banned? Oh God, I hope not. Should I choose my destination carefully to prevent harsh punishments? Would it help if I postponed all travel plans to Europe for a year? Any advice would help, thanks very much.

More details: I'm Indian. A PhD student in the UK. I went for a conference in Italy, I had flight tickets booked to and from Italy. I submitted them with my Visa application and mentioned also a tentative plan to visit my friends and family in Paris (the reason for asking multiple entry). The change in plans was because I ended up having to combine Italy and Paris together in the same trip as my PhD deadlines had changed, so there was only a single entry into the Schengen area, I stayed in Schengen during the whole trip

I am a UK student, visited Italy in July this year. The validity of my visa was for a month, multi-entry. The date of entry was 6/7/22 (Pisa) and the date of exit was 26/7/22 (Brussels), well within the dates of validity. All was done in haste, but was fine, I got back to the UK seamlessly. Only recently did I see the duration of stay on my Visa sticker: 15 days!!!

This has gotten me very very anxious, yes yes, I have made a terrible mistake. But I need to know how to get past this. How serious is this problem?

No one stopped me or asked me anything at Brussels Charleroi border control. If I plan to apply for a new Schengen visa, would I be rejected? fined? banned? Oh God, I hope not. Should I choose my destination carefully to prevent harsh punishments? Would it help if I postponed all travel plans to Europe for a year? Any advice would help, thanks very much.

More details: I'm Indian. A PhD student in the UK. I went for a conference in Italy, I had flight tickets booked to and from Italy. I submitted them with my Visa application and mentioned also a tentative plan to visit my friends and family in Paris (the reason for asking multiple entry). The change in plans was because I ended up having to combine Italy and Paris together in the same trip as my PhD deadlines had changed, so I only made single entry into the Schengen area, I stayed in Schengen during the whole trip.