Staying exactly the number of allowed days in the visa. Problems?
I received a short term visa for the Schengen zone, and I planned my trip so that my return flight is scheduled exactly the day my visa expires.
The visa duration is 20 days, and I stay exactly 20 days, including the day of arrival and departure.
I have the confirmed return ticket, which departs from the same airport, at about 10AM. the same airliner has a few other flights later that day.
Are there any negative effects if I stay the maximum allowed duration of the visa? Any problems due to lack of time to arrange alternative transport?
I'm pretty sure the flight wouldn't be canceled, but since the airline has flights later that, "I am" convinced that I will be able to exit the zone in time. Do immigrant officers care about such cases?
(I have a travel insurance and the airliner is Qatar airways if it makes a difference).
Best Answer
The simple answer for your question is no problem to stay all 20 days.
Small incident that happened to me: There was one time, my schengen visa was expiring on 12AM midnight and I was travelling by bus in the afternoon. By schedule, the bus supposed to leave the schengen area well before 12AM. But unfortunately due to some incident the bus broke down and I was stranded. By the time I went to get my exit stamp while leaving schengen it was well above 12AM and the security officer told me it is illegal to stay more than the time allocated in visa. But he told me, he won't give me exit visa and I might get issues if I apply for visa next time if the border control looks for your history in terms of stamps. But he did let me go, and gave me a advice though. Always leave one day before the validity so that you can manage if something happens.
Conclusion: Give yourself a day, so that you can enjoy your 19 days peacefully :)
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Should be no problem
Some embassies give visas that are exactly valid for the duration of your submitted itinerary. Thus it is perfectly fine to stay until the last day of your visa validity. I know someone whose flight left the last day of the visas validity at 23:55 and it was no problem (he since then also received another visa, so no blacklist). Usually you will clear immigration a few hours before your scheduled flight and if your flight afterwards gets cancelled, you can stay at the airport in the international zone until your next flight.
Should your flight being cancelled be the only flight of the day, or should it be cancelled before you are at the airport, I would advise to talk to an immigration officer while your visa is still valid and accept whatever solution the officer sugests.
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