Do you have to depart from the country where the Schengen Visa was applied from?
My parents are visiting me for a month- I live in NYC. They want me take them on a two week short European trip leaving New York while visiting me.
I am a US Citizen and they carry a US multiple entry visa. They plan on applying a Schengen visa as soon as possible from the Philippines but “they were told” that they can only leave/enter to and from Europe to Philippines if they apply in that country. Is this correct? (manila-nyc-europe-nyc-manila)
Best Answer
No. There is no such requirement.
Somebody will put a notice on this answer that it is unsourced, but governments aren't generally in the business of listing requirements that they do not impose. If you're in the mood for some light reading, you can look in the Schengen Borders Code and the Schengen Visa Code, where you will find no such requirement.
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Answer 2
I guess something got garbled in the transmission:
- Usually they can only apply from their country of residence. They can transit through other countries, of course.
- In their application, they must make it credible that they will leave again. This is easiest if they return to their place of residence, but also possible in other itineraries.
Answer 3
Note that the way most airports are organized, the officer doesn’t even know where you came from as passengers that came by different planes all get mixed up. The passports don’t necessarily show that information either because most countries don’t stamp passports of their citizens, some (e. g. US) don’t stamp on exit and others (e. g. Australia) don’t stamp any passports at all, preferring electronic records instead; not to mention people can quite legally hold several passports, issued by the same country or by different ones.
Thus the requirement makes no sense as it would be impossible to uphold it.
As an aside, having been previously admitted to the US and leaving that country lends a bit of extra credence that the passenger will likewise honor immigration laws of other countries.
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