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Can I enter the UK on a visitor visa if I broke up with my sponsor (girlfriend)?
A Standard Visitor Visa works any time between the start and end dates (all other things being equal). A break down in the relationship between the visitor and the sponsor (especially when the the ...
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I was fingerprinted in Düsseldorf on exit. Am I under scrutiny?
You've made several trips to the Schengen area using a multiple-entry visa, and when you most recently left, German officials gave you extra scrutiny. The purpose of that scrutiny was almost ...
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Do I need to ask for a correction if I received a multiple-entry Schengen visa instead of a single-entry one?
By the Schengen rules, consulates have wide discretion to issue visas with longer validity than was asked for.
It varies between member state and member state (and sometimes between consulate and ...
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Valid Tourist Visa for Business purpose
No, your visa is a uniform short-stay visa.
The Schengen system does not have different kinds of visas for business and tourism. Your visa is valid for all short visits to the Schengen area.
In the ...
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I was fingerprinted in Düsseldorf on exit. Am I under scrutiny?
Did I do something wrong?
No.
On my next trip, will my Schengen tourist visa be cancelled or will they refuse me entry?
We can't predict the future. There's nothing in your question to suggest ...
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Unknown entry point for Schengen visa
Important is to determine the country for the main purpose of the visit.
In most cases the country where you will stay for the longest period. That country will be the country where you make the ...
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What does MULT on UK standard visitor visa mean?
The UK does not issue single entry visitor visas except in (very) unusual circumstances.
Your visa allows multiple entries during its validity period, as stated on the visa vignette https://assets....
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How does the 180 rule work for UK tourist visas?
I'm not an expert but I wouldn't advise doing any of this. There are lots of stories on this site of people applying for a visa for, say, a three week visit, seeing that their visa is valid for six ...
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Can I enter China several times from Hong Kong and benefit multiple 15 day visa-free?
China so far has been very tolerant of 'visa runs', from what I've been able to gather on the ground, even as others in the region have tightened up.
Of course this could change on a moment's notice, ...
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How does the 180 rule work for UK tourist visas?
However, during this period they left UK on 16th March 2019 for Europe tour and will be returning back to UK on 26th March 2019.
If they are readmitted without any special annotation then they get ...
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Can I use multiple entries visa for multiple visits each year?
Is this visa always valid until 2026, or once I first enter Canada, it would expire after 6 months?
As a multiple-entry visa, it will remain valid for entry until the end of the expiry date on the ...
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On Schengen Visa - Venice to Zagreb - by bus
All three countries, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia are in the Schengen area. There are no regular immigration checks on the borders between those countries. I have often seen 'random' immigration checks ...
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Reaching max stay on multi entry Schengen visa
I got a 2 year multi entry visa 18 months ago for the Schengen zone issued by Germany. It expires some time in December this year. Maximum stay is 90 days and I have already used up 80. I have not ...
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How to fill landing card for UK for back-to-back entries and exits?
There's no option to "reuse" the landing card because you surrender it at the passport control. So no matter what you wrote there - 13 or 21, on your second entry you will have to fill up a different ...
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One Year Multiple Entry Schengen Visa
(This started out as a comment, but it got rather long, and I wanted to add more)
The embassy/consulate who issues visa are free to issue them with whatever validity period they like. If you haven't ...
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Can I enter the UK on a visitor visa if I broke up with my sponsor (girlfriend)?
As per @ GayotFow's request, I am posting this comment as an aswer.
Are you certain that you want to risk not being admitted and having future applications turned down?
If you don't tell about the ...
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Can I get a dual entry Schengen visa for tourism purpose for me and my wife?
Do you think applying to the French consulate is the right thing here
?
Yes, This is the only option because you are spending maximum number of days in France"According to schengen visa rules, you ...
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Can I get a dual entry Schengen visa for tourism purpose for me and my wife?
I think applying to the French consulate is a perfectly reasonable course of action. There is absolutely no reason for your itinerary to lead to a refusal. Assuming the rest of the application (...
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Schengen visa duration of stay
I don't know what calculator you're using, but the official one works for 2017, and notes that if you enter on 8 May 2017, having your previous two visits in mind, entry may be authorized for up to 90 ...
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got my schengen visa from finland
When you already have a Schengen visa, you can make minor changes to your itinerary as long as the overall premise of the trip remains unchanged.
When you apply for a Schengen visa, you are not ...
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Reaching max stay on multi entry Schengen visa
I got a 2 year multi entry visa 18 months ago for the Schengen zone issued by Germany. It expires some time in December this year. Maximum stay is 90 days and I have already used up 80. I have not ...
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Which embassy will most likely provide a multiple entry Schengen visa?
The current answers are outdated, so I took the 2022 Schengen visa statistics and crunched the numbers:
Schengen State
Share of multi-entry visas
Germany
90.58%
Slovenia
81.63%
Estonia
81.31%
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I was given a multiple-entry business Schengen visa, but for 5 days. Why?
It is common practice to give long, multiple entry visa only after a few successful visits on shorter visa. So if the validity period of your visa matches the first of your planned visits, that would ...
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Can I use a multiple-entry Schengen visa for multiple trips?
Entries go for the Schengen Area, not the countries within, so for your trip to Germany, Paris and Italy you only had one entry.
As no one (in Schengen) cares whether you go home or somewhere else ...
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Can I travel before my original intended travel itinerary with a short-stay tourism multi-visit Schengen visa if it’s issued for earlier?
As initially pointed out by DavidSupportsMonica, you can enter the Schengen zone on the first day of validity. This applies as long as your changed itinerary is based on the itinerary from the ...
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To keep my schengen visa valid, do I have to enter within FIRST 90 days of validity?
A 5-year multiple-entry visa is basically the highest possible privilege which can be granted to a Schengen visitor.
It is normally granted after multiple visas of increasing durations or if your ...
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Can I enter China several times from Hong Kong and benefit multiple 15 day visa-free?
According to the visa free travel FAQ of the Chinese embassy in Germany, you can enter China more than once for 15 days. Although I suspect if they feel you are misusing these regulations they may ...
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Does the 90 day window for VWP reset for extended stay in Mexico?
Firstly, is it 90 days after or 90 days from the entry date?
Not sure what you mean. Do you mean whether it is December 6 or December 7? I believe the day of entry counts as a whole day, so you ...
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Does the 90 day window for VWP reset for extended stay in Mexico?
In addition to the other excellent answers - you have updated your question with a screenshot of your most recent I-94.
This is an official CBP record, which gives the date you arrived and when you ...
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How can I get Schengen visa that will be valid for at least 60 days?
We've previously had a related question on which countries are the most likely to issue a multi-entry Schengen visa. Taking those statistics and multiplying them by each country's visa rejection rate, ...
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