Visa annulment or revocation - spending more days in another schengen state than issuing state
Good day everyone,
My wife and i applied and got a tourism schengen visa (type C ) to Hungary. We entered and exited from Hungary respecting time frames.
When we came back, we were requested to provide our passports to the consulate for revocation or annulment of Visa. (It was in Arabic on the document)
When we inquired for the reason, the explanation was that we spent more days in another schengen state than the days we spent in the issuing state.
What are the implications for this in terms of applying for future schengen visas?
Note: we each have numerous schengen type C visas on our passports, we never break the law or rules. And we have never had any issue at all.
Edit additional info:
We went for 21 days, we spent 4 nights in Hungary, 5 in Paris, 6 in Spain and a couple here and there in Belgium and Germany.
How they found out? When receiving our passports with visa, we were provided with a document we had to sign that required us to provide proof of accommodation, transportation and exit/entry to Schengen territory upon our return. Which we did of course.
The visa issued was type C (no exceptions for a specific member state). The time allowed 28 days. Single entry.
We stayed 21 days, entered and exited from Country providing Visa.
We did not break the law or time frame allowed for use or exceed the last date of exit.
Best Answer
We went for 21 days, we spent 4 nights in Hungary, 5 in Paris, 6 in Spain and a couple here and there in Belgium and Germany.
You should have applied for the visa at the Spanish consulate, since the primary portion of you visit was in Spain (6 days).
Had you also stayed in Hungary (where you applid for the visa) for 6 days, then the country you entered first (Hungary) would have been the proper country to make the application.
Since this was not the case, you are now facing this problem.
Where and how to apply
You must lodge the application for a Schengen visa at the Consulate of the country that you intend to visit, or – if you intend to visit more than one Schengen State, the Consulate of the country where you will spend the longest period.If you intend to visit several Schengen States and the stays will be of equal length, you must apply at the Consulate of the country whose external borders you will cross first when entering the Schengen area.
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