Can you apply for a Schengen Visa if you plan on staying…

Can you apply for a Schengen Visa if you plan on staying in Europe for a longer period of time?

A Schengen visa is valid for only short period of time, which can be 90 days or less within a 180-day period. If you wish to stay longer you must apply for an appropriate long stay national visa for one country only.

What are the 2 most visited countries in the Schengen Zone and how many visitors/applicants did it have?

Germany holds the first place when it comes to visitors that hold the Schengen visa. In the past years Germany had 2 million visitors with this visa. Whereas, the primary destination remains France with 4 million applications.

What you can do if you get your Visa rejected is to make sure to take notes of the reasons why you didn’t obtain one.

These reasons will be helpful the next time you decide to apply for a visa because you will have the right instructions and you will know which documents were missing or which ones were incorrect.

What are the requirements besides the basic documents that are asked by embassies?

Besides your passport, application form, photographs, travel insurance etc., additional requirements for spouses and children of EU nationals are marriage certificate, birth certificate, and other proofs of relationship asked by the consulate.

What to do in case you have to visit another state first from what you’ve applied to in the beginning?

If you have been given a Schengen visa for going to a (for example) conference to another state but meanwhile the conference gets cancelled, you have to inform the embassy about the change and apply for a new visa if needed.

Non-EU nationals who require a Schengen visa but also have a national visa in one of the Schengen states.

They do not need to apply for another Schengen visa to visit the other states in the area for the duration of their stay.

If you have a Schengen visa do you need to apply for visas to other Schengen member states?

The answer is no which means that you can visit multiple places in Europe with one visa, thus, saving time, money and effort.

Can you travel to another country with the Schengen Visa if you get bored?

If you apply for a visa to Paris and during your stay there you get bored of the French language, don’t worry, the Schengen visa you hold gives you permission to cross the border to other Schengen states.