Traveling with Single entry Schengen visa
I am traveling from Canada to Amsterdam with single entry Schengen visa. I have booked return flight to Dubai in the middle of the trip for some work: AMS > Dubai > AMS. Then I will fly back to Canada from Amsterdam.
Wanted to ask if I can take the return flight to Canada since I would have exited Schengen area already for Dubai. Not sure if I can enter again and take my flight to Canada
Best Answer
With a single-entry Schengen visa you cannot re-enter the Schengen area as a visitor once you have left it by flying to Dubai.
You are permitted to transit the Schengen area without a visa since you hold a valid visa for Canada. However for this to work you must fulfil some strict conditions:
- You cannot pass through immigration in Amsterdam. You cannot collect luggage, including anything left in Amsterdam, and you will have to make arrangements for any luggage from your Dubai flight to be transferred to you Canada flight.
- You will have to convince boarding staff in Dubai that you will be able to transit in Amsterdam, otherwise they will not let you board the flight.
For more details see the answer to this question.
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Where can you travel to with a single Schengen visa?
Generally, the visa issued allows you to visit any of the Schengen States during the same trip, within the validity of the visa. A Schengen visa is not appropriate, if you wish to remain in a Schengen country for longer than 90 days, take up employment or establish a business, trade or profession.How long is a single entry Schengen visa valid for?
- The single entry Schengen visa authorises a single trip to the Schengen Area with a limit of 90 days on site. The validity of the Schengen visa corresponds to the dates indicated in the application.Does Schengen visa require multiple entry?
Those planning to enter, leave, and then re-enter the Schengen Area will need a double-entry visa. If you obtain this visa, it is important to remember that it expires when you leave the Schengen Area for the second time, even if you have not used all the travel days it specifies.What does a single entry visa mean?
Single-entry visa allows only one entry to the country. Once you leave its territory, you have to apply for new visa to be able to return. For most of the trips and holidays, this is enough and if one country offers multiple versions of the visa, the single-entry visa is usually cheaper and faster to obtain.Schengen Visa MULTIPLE ENTRY vs SINGLE ENTRY
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I’ll be back in Amsterdam from dubai, will collect my luggage, (hence will pass through passport control).
To go through passport control, you need a valid Schengen visa, type C or D. (An airport transit visa, type A, does not allow the bearer to pass through passport control, and there is no longer a type B visa.)
Your single entry Schengen visa will no longer be valid because you will have used it already for one entry. Therefore, you cannot make this trip unless you get a new visa.
The above analysis assumes that you are not eligible for visa-free entry into the Schengen area. This is a reasonable assumption given your single entry visa.
In practice, if you try this trip without getting another visa, you can expect that the airline will not permit you to board the flight from Dubai to Amsterdam.
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