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magsi23
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Traveling to France on Schengen Visa from Italian Embassy

Post by magsi23 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:57 pm

Hi All

I am wondering if i get the tourist schengen visa from Italian embassy and instead of traveling to Italy i enter france for toursim would there be any problem? would they ask me why i did not go to italy?

some of you might ask why am i doing this, well the obvious reason is, takes too long to wait for appointment for french visa


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Last edited by magsi23 on Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:47 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Post by Dawie » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:51 am

Your post is similar to this one.

Again, there is absolutely no legal reason stopping you from using an Italian schengen visa to enter France and you will not be questioned at the border as to why you are using an Italian schengen visa. The visa is valid for entry to all schengen countries.

However, I would give the same advice as I did in the post mentioned above. If you have a multiple-entry Italian schengen visa ensure that you actually do go to Italy at least once before the visa expires. If you require another Italian schengen visa in the future and the embassy sees that you did not use the previous one to go to Italy they will more than likely refuse to give you another one and may in fact even blacklist you.
In a few years time we'll look back on immigration control like we look back on American prohibition in the thirties - futile and counter-productive.
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Post by magsi23 » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:45 pm

Hi

Thanks for the reply, well the problem is i have only single entry visa, so if i go to Italy and come back visa would expire i wont be able to enter france? Can i not say to them that i did actualy go to Italy but didnt go via plane i went by road they dont check all passports by road do they really?
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Post by Dawie » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:47 pm

Unfortunately if they are suspicous the burden of proof will be on YOU to prove that you were there, not for them to prove that you were not.

If you told them you went by road, then they will ask to see bank statements showing that you used your debit card in Italy.
In a few years time we'll look back on immigration control like we look back on American prohibition in the thirties - futile and counter-productive.
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Post by stedman » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:59 pm

Are you perchance going to the south of France? If you are, you can fly to Genoa then go westwards to France by train. There's a train from Genoa to Nice and you can change there for trains to Aix en Provence, Avignon etc (you may have to go to Marseilles first then change)
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Post by magsi23 » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:19 am

stedman wrote:Are you perchance going to the south of France? If you are, you can fly to Genoa then go westwards to France by train. There's a train from Genoa to Nice and you can change there for trains to Aix en Provence, Avignon etc (you may have to go to Marseilles first then change)

I am actualy going to Paris, well not sure now whether i should or not?
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