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sharmdiver1 Aug 29, 2013 2:42 am

Advice needed on Schengen entry
 
my wife is Russian I am English and my wife has obtained her 2nd Schengen visa that was applied for through Spain, and people say that you should make spain your 1st point of entry into Europe , but she is flying into uk tomorrow and I would like to drive form uk to Italy and leave our car at my summer home then fly from Italy to spain for a vacation to see my mother that live there , is that possible or would she get in trouble when she replays for another visa ??? can any one help

John in the tower Aug 29, 2013 3:20 am

advice need on schengen entry
 
No, UK is fine. http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/13362/should-my-first-trip-be-to-the-country-which-issued-me-schengen-visa

Cheetah_SA Aug 29, 2013 8:35 am


Originally Posted by John in the tower (Post 21355406)

Not sure why UK is being mentioned as it has nothing to do with the Schengen visa. :confused:

But the thrust of the advice is accurate: provided your visa was issued by the country in which you will stay the longest you have complied with the rules. If you are questioned on arrival in another country (in your case probably France if you are driving to Italy) you just inform the immigration official that you are in transit to Spain. They may ask for proof of your travel plans - but that has never happened to me.

Ocn Vw 1K Aug 29, 2013 9:14 am

sharmdiver1, welcome to FlyerTalk.

I'll move this thread to the Europe forum for more discussion. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

Aviatrix Sep 3, 2013 12:53 am

The advice given in Post 3 is sound.

The rule is that you should obtain your visa from your main destination or from your first point of entry if there is no main destination (e.g. you are touring, or you are spending equal amounts of time in two or more countries).

dimramon Sep 3, 2013 1:01 pm

Are you renting a car?
If so, can you take it outside of the UK?

Aviatrix Sep 3, 2013 4:07 pm


Originally Posted by dimramon (Post 21382884)
Are you renting a car?
If so, can you take it outside of the UK?

The OP is in the UK so is, presumably, taking his own car.


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