Does Non-Schengen Countries apply to my 90/180

I have a Working-Holiday Visa for Spain,

Arriving in Spring I spent 90 days in Spain and then left the Schengen zone to Ireland for just under 90 days. Does leaving the Schengen area apply to my 90/180 days, will I need to return to Spain? Or can I now travel to see countries in the Schengen area?

I'm having trouble on how they calculate the 180 days, when will it reset?

Best Answer

The 180 days are literally 180 days, next to each other on the calendar -- no pauses, no interruptions, no breaks.

They never "reset"; you always need to comply with the 90/180 rule for the the period that consists of today together with the previous one-hundred and seventy-nine days.

The 90 days count

dates (midnight to midnight)
on which you have been physically present (even for just one minute)
in a Schengen member state
that you did not have a valid residence permit or long-stay (i.e. type D) visa for.

If your "working holiday visa" is a type D visa (which I think they are in general), then your 90 days in Spain did not satisfy condition 4, and therefore your 90/180 Schengen counter is still at 0 days spent.

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Does the 90-day rule apply to all EU countries?

If you're a tourist, you do not need a visa for short trips to EU countries, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein. You can stay for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

What countries will the 90 days in 180 apply?

What exactly does the rule relate to? The 90/180-day rule relates to entry and exit from the entire Schengen area. This refers to the whole of the EU apart from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Romania and Ireland. Also included are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

How do you get around the 90-day rule Schengen?

Well, you can tour around different Schengen member states like France, Spain, or Germany and by the time you hit your 90-day limit, go and hop over to a non-Schengen European country like Croatia, UK, North Macedonia, or Turkey to wait until you hit the 181st day so that you can come back to the Schengen Area again.

Does the 90-day rule apply to France?

It means they only have the right to stay in the Schengen area (which includes France) for a maximum of 90 days in every 180 days without a visa. The count takes into consideration the 180 days prior to the date you enter a Schengen area country. For example, you enter France on April 1, 2022.

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