Hi guys,
I need to get to Latvia in a few weeks, I'm based in Qatar. Vfs global in Qatar is practically useless for information. I was told today that Latvia is only accepting one visa appointment per week. This does not leave me enough time to apply.
I was thinking that maybe I could apply through Poland (and make the trek across to Latvia) as there is an embassy that you apply directly through here in Qatar.
However I am slightly aware of the Schegen Visa rules. I am only looking to go to Latvia for 5 days how can I make my flights work so that I can apply for a visa honestly.
Do I have to enter and exit through Poland even if my main destination is Latvia if I apply through Poland? Or does Poland have to be my main destination also?
Also if I do enter and exit through Poland to qualify for a visa. Can I then book flight tickets from Poland to Latvia and back again once I arrive in Poland or will my visa
​​​​​​be affected?

​​​​Thank you in advance. I'm getting more confused the more I think about it. I have had a previous Schengen visa through Germany
​3yrs ago.
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In theory, you should get your Schengen visa from the country that will be your "main destination", or where you will spend the majority of the time. In practice, most likely nobody will care, once you enter Schengen, you can freely move around. If you want to be safe about it, make your Poland stay longer than your Latvia stay

As stated above if you can get easily the Polish visa better you enter Poland and then you can move to any other Schengen country, you can leave Schengen area from Latvia, no need to go back to Poland unless required for other reasons.

If you apply for a Polish visa, Poland should be your main destination or both countries should be your main destination, but you can enter anywhere. If Latvia is your main destination then really you should apply for a Latvian visa. Exit doesn't really matter as long as the exit is recorded properly.

There is a possibility Poland will refuse the visa if you present travel plans showing your will spend all the time in Latvia. However you can "change" your travel plans after getting the visa (or to be safest, after you have been admitted into Schengen). Once you are in Schengen nobody will require you to stay in any particular country (unless you are put into an extremely rare situation where your visa is issued only for one country).