Punjab wrote:fysicus wrote:
Please refrain from calling people illitrate without very good reason (and look up the correct spelling first). Unless of course that particular sentence refers to yourself; I don't know if you went to university or not...
it was miss spelled to make the word fun..
i also checked with embassy before they told me the same thing that you can reuse this visa as much as you like.. now i had been to schengen places for more than 90 days no problem ever. ta mate
Hello,
It's best not to play with words when discussing important matters like this one. Your intentions might be misunderstood as happend here (I actually believe you did not intentionally misspelled the word but actually spelled it incorrectly in the first place. When caught out you were trying to save yourself from "loosing face" which is common behaviour in Asian countries to avoid embarrassment).
Also, I think you have not completely understood the Schengen rules....
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days per 6 months in a Schengen state and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
If the visa has been issued for several entries of 90 days with a validity of between one and five years, the validity of the permitted stay is always 90 days per six months.
If you are a citizen of a country with no visa requirement to enter a Schengen state, you may equally stay in the Schengen region for a maximum of 90 days per 6 months.
The 90 days may be spread across one or more visits; depending on the number of entries you have been granted.
A visa is granted in the form of a visa sticker which is placed in your passport. The visa sticker indicates a period of validity which typically is longer than the number of days granted. This gives you some flexibility with regards to when the visa may be used. In other words, you cannot stay in any Schengen state for the entire period of validity but only up to 90 days or the max validity of the issued visa.
Usually immigration Service recommends that one use a calendar to count days from the date of entry until you reach the number of days that has been granted. Both the entire entry day and the entire exit day counts, regardless of the time of day you enter or exit the country, as days are counted from midnight to midnight. Both the day of entry and the day of exit must fall within the period of validity. It is always your responsibility to a sure how long you are entitled to stay in any Schengen State.
How is the six month period calculated?
The six month period is calculated from the date of first enty into the Schengen region. The date of first entry is:
• the date on which you entered the Schengen region for the first time, and subsequently
• the date of any subsequent entry into the Schengen region which takes place after the expiration of a six-month period.
This means that when you arrive the first time in any of the Schengen states on 1 February 2010, you can stay in the Schengen region for a period of three months (90 days) within the six-month period which ends on 31 July 2010.
If you return again on 1 October 2010 – i.e. more than six months after your very first entry into the Schengen region – this date will constitute a new 'date of first entry'. Therefore, 1 October 2010 constitutes the beginning of a new six-month period during which you can stay in the Schengen region for a period of up to three months.
If you arrive again on 1 June 2011, it will be this date which constitutes the next 'date of first entry', and so on.
If you are holding a multiple entry visa valid for more than six months you can submit an application for a new visa before the current visa expires. If your new visa is issued and its validity period begins concurrently with the current visa’s expiry, you are permitted to remain in the Schengen area after the first visa expires, provided all conditions for both visas are met, including the regulation limiting the total length of stay within the Schengen area to a maximum of 90 consecutive days and 90 days per six months.
If you have been staying in another Schengen country with a residence permit or on a long term visa limited to another Schengen country (D visa), this stay is not included in the 90 days per six months that you can stay in a Schengen state on a visa or on a visa free stay.