Schengen visa: how to avoid the travel ban and fine?
I'm an international medical student in Germany. 6 months ago I got married to my girlfriend. She decided to get a visa to visit me, so she applied for a Schengen visa from the Spanish embassy in Bahrain. She got a visa for 6 months. It is valid from 04/04/2018 to 30/09/2018.
She came to Europe twice: the first entry was in Barcelona on 17/04 and exit was from Düsseldorf airport 09/06. She stayed in Europe for 53 days.
The second visit was in Düsseldorf from 28/06 to 23/08: 56 days. She is still here in Germany with me.
On the second visit she took one German course, as she plans to apply here for work or study in the future. So for the two visits she stayed here more than 90 days, around 110 days for 2 visits and the visa ends on 30/09.
What should I do? What is the best airport to exit from? Cologne-Bonn, Düsseldorf in Germany, or from Belgium, Spain or another country? Or should I try to change the visa type here in Germany?
Will she will get a ban or fine when she exits the Schengen area? If she applies for a new Schengen or study visa later, will it be OK?
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How long does a Schengen ban last?
This sanction is most commonly applied to those overstaying their Schengen Visa's validity and working or engaging in illegality. You can be banned for three years, or in some cases, even longer.Is Schengen a travel ban?
Over a year since the European Commission recommended to the Member States to impose a ban on all arrivals from the EU, travel and tourism in the Schengen Area and the rest of the EU countries have been put at a halt.What is the penalty for staying over 90 days in Schengen?
The Schengen law states that you can't stay in the Area for more than 90 days. If you do, you're subject to a fine and possibly deportation and being banned from re-entering the Schengen Area.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.REASONS WHY SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS GET REJECTED (Highly requested)
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