I have a Student Visa to Spain, after it expires can I leave to travel the rest of the Schengen area? [duplicate]

I am a citizen of the United States but next year I am going on exchange in Spain. My student visa will expire in the end of June but I want to travel around to visit friends and family I have in other countries within the Schengen Zone (ex. Denmark, Norway, Germany etc). I have tried reading other forums and questions with nearly the same type of question, but I still don't understand the answer. I know that under normal circumstances I can enter the Schengen Zone without a visa and travel within it for 90 days as a tourist. So after my visa expires, let's say I leave and go to Germany. Would that be okay or not? Because I didn't enter Spain/the Schengen Zone as a tourist until I leave Spain as a student. Is that logic correct?

Best Answer

As a US citizen, you are entitled to visa-free entry to the Schengen zone; however as you are already in the zone on a visa, my recommendation is to exit the Schengen zone (by say, taking a train to London for the day) and then re-enter for purposes of visit.

You should have no problems and be granted a visa free entry for 90 days.

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