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You may find your answer in the Common Consular Instructions.dsab85 wrote:Good Morning,
I was just wondering if there is a limit for how long embassies can issue a Schengen Visa.
My wife (residing in UK as a spouse of German citizen) just applied for a new Schengen Visa with the German Embassy (big thumps up to the Embassy, as all was done very quick and easy by mail), and she was Issued a multiple Entry Visa for 3 years.
I was just wondering what the longest would be thay would ever hand out.
Regards,
dsab
We didn't do anything special. We just applied for a normal Multiple Entry Schengen Visa. Just sent in the filled Application Form, a Passport Picture, our Marriage Certificate and our both passports.charles4u wrote:Hello, I want to know what is required to apply for this long stay Schengen visa. What are the documents needed in applying for 2-3 or even 5yrs Schengen visa.
Is it given to just EU-family members and what does it take to get.
scrudu wrote:Very interesting. My husband (Indonesian) has applied for Schengen Visas 3 times at the German Embassy in Dublin (to travel there with me, Irish). Each time we have requested a Multiple Entry Visa. For all applications we had to submit a full package of info (Passports, Marriage Cert, Flights & Accom details, Payslips, Bank Statements etc.). The first 2 times the request for a multiple entry visa was simply ignored. The Embassy said that they would only issue visas for the duration of the flights and accommodation details provided. The last time as we had also submitted flight and accommodation bookings for a subsequent trip to France, he was issued a multiple entry visa for the exact dates of the Flight into Germany, until the date of the flight exiting France.
As my husband has a Stamp 4 (not Stamp4EUFAM or EU Family Permit) visa from Ireland, I know the German Embassy in Dublin treat him differently to those who have the Stamp4EUFAM. Typically holders of those visa stamps do not require any Visa to enter Germany. But it seems that the German embassy in the UK are behaving differently to the one in Ireland. I wonder was this because the applicant was a spouse of a German citizen?
As I lived in Germany for years we regularly travel there and it'd be ideal if he could get a multiple Entry one so we could book flights and travel without weeks of planning first.