Would the Netherlands refuse entry for a Schengen visa issued by the Italian embassy?
I have a valid multiple-entry Schengen visa issued by the Italian embassy in Thailand. I have a Thai passport. The visa is issued for 2 years. I am planning a trip to the Netherlands in the upcoming months, but I will not be planning on going to Italy.
I heard some people saying that the Netherlands may refuse entry as a first destination (first port of entry since it should be to Italy). (This won't be my first time entering the Schengen area with my Italian visa. Will they refuse my entry? If so, what can I do to prevent that?
Side note: I recently visited the Netherlands with my Italian visa and it was my first time entering the Schengen area since I got my visa and I almost did not get in, but was still let in. Would that be on my record?
Best Answer
I think what "some people" say is a garbled account of the rules.
- When you have a single-entry visa, the trip should be in accordance with your application. If you have a tourist visa for Greece and you show up in Finland, there will be questions.
- Even with a single-entry visa, you can make minor changes. If you planned a holiday in Greece with a flight via Paris (i.e. entering the Schengen area in France) and you change the itinerary to a flight via Amsterdam (i.e. entering the Schengen area in the Netherlands) that would be allowed. Note that for either case you would need a Greek visa if the main destination is Greece.
- You may not misrepresent your itinerary in the hopes that this makes the visa easier (and usually it doesn't, anyway). When you are changing your itinerary, it is a good idea to avoid the appearance that you lied about it.
- When you have a multiple-entry visa, the first trip should be in accordance with your application, just like the first (and only) trip with a single-entry visa.
- Subsequent trips on a multiple-entry visa can be to any Schengen state.
- On arrival, you should be prepared to explain the itinerary of your trip, have enough money for subsistence in the Schengen area, health insurance, etc.
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Do I have to enter the country that issued my Schengen Visa?
It does not need to be the country that issued you with a Schengen Visa, as you must apply with the nation where you are planning to spend the majority of your stay in the Schengen Area.Can Schengen Visa holders enter Netherlands?
If you want to visit the Netherlands for a maximum of 90 days you may need a short-stay Schengen visa. This depends on your nationality. The visa allows you to travel freely within the Netherlands and other Schengen countries for a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period.Do embassies know about visa refusal in other countries?
The embassy doesn't track your refusal, CLASS does. That's a database accessible to every American consular officer in the world at the click of a mouse, so it's not just the embassy where the visa refusal takes place.Why would an embassy refuse a visa?
Visa rejection may happen when you fail to prove your eligibility to visit a particular country. It mostly takes place as the applicants fails to provide important information, or sometimes because of certain document missing.REASONS WHY SCHENGEN VISA APPLICATIONS GET REJECTED (Highly requested)
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