Can I enter Switzerland with a multiple entry visa issued by the French embassy and with no blank page on my passport ?
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1You need space for entry and exit stamps. Perhaps your country can invalidate your current passport and give you a new one. You could travel with both together.– RelaxedNov 14, 2013 at 8:52
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1@Annoyed: You don't need a new passport if you have space for stamps but not full-page visas when you already have any full-page visas required for the trip in question though.– hippietrailNov 15, 2013 at 10:55
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1Frangipane: Do you mean every page is full, or just that every page has at least one stamp, but some of them still have space for other stamps? You shouldn't need a blank page, but you will need some space.– hippietrailNov 15, 2013 at 11:01
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Switzerland is now part of Schengen. If you travel from a Schengen country, you will not go through immigration. So long as your Schengen visa is valid, you can remain within the Schengen space including Switzerland.
answered Nov 14, 2013 at 15:33
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Good point, that might not have been clear to the OP. But the blank page issue would come up when you are entering from a non-Schengen country. You do need to get your passport stamped on entry and exit, whether you enter through the country that issued the visa or not.– RelaxedNov 14, 2013 at 16:19
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3But is it a requirement of Schengen that the stamp can only go on a blank page? Or is it a very large stamp that requires a whole page? I get visa-free entry to Schengen and have many small stamps from various Schengen countries, so unless there is some other large stamps only issued to people who need a Schengen visa I don't see a problem. Nov 15, 2013 at 11:00
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1@hippietrail The stamps are the same as far as I know and I have no reason to think they need to go on a completely blank page, I was just highlighting that it was the question being asked.– RelaxedMar 9, 2014 at 19:26