Originally Posted by
GUWonder
It's multiple entries for a combined total of 90 days over the course of the year according to what the Belgians and Dutch have been telling my Eastern European acquaintances with the one-year multiple entry tourist visas that mention 90 days.
I just read it up on the website of the German consulate:
The new rule now allows stays of " up to 90 days per period of 180 days , where the 180-day period that precedes each day of stay , is taken into account " .
How is this new regulation to be understood?
Suppose that a foreigner has an annual visa for the Schengen countries, valid from 01.01.2013 till 31.12.2013.
On 18.10.2013 he is in the Schengen States.
In order to assess the legality of his stay on this day the period from 22.4.2013 to 18.10.2013 will be considered. This is precisely the period of 180 calendar days, which ends on 18 October.
Now every day are counted in this period, at which the alien has resided in the Schengen states, on or left the country.
If the number of such days is not greater than 90, then his residence is on this day, October 18, legally.
If the foreigner does not emigrating, then the legality of his stay is again rated on the following day.
But the time is another, namely from 23/04/2013 to 19/10/2013 - again 180 days, but start and end dates of this period are shifted by one day.
This review is carried out for each day on which the foreigner is staying in the Schengen States.
They actually provide an excel sheet to help:
http://www.germania.diplo.de/content...ltsrechner.xls
It is German, in Colum B you enter you entry date, in Column C when you left Schengen, enter the date YYYY-MM-DD, even though it will be formatted then in DD-MM-YYYY. Column I will say from which date you are an "illegal"