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Schengen question.
Last fall, we planned a 3 month stay in Germany. I booked our travel
(106 days) and then found out about the 90 day limit without a visa. We wanted to do some other traveling anyway, so we figured instead of dealing with the visas, let's just spend 16 days outside of Schengen. We decided to spend 6 days in Switzerland and 10 days in Bulgaria (where my family was from). Problem settled. Everything's set, we're closing in on 90 days, and and as we're crossing to Switzerland on the train, there's no one to put any kind of stamp in our passport. Today we find out the reason is that Switzerland went and joined Schengen in December '08! All of our travel and lodging is booked. We're looking forward to our stay in Bulgaria, then returning for 2 nights to Germany before flying back to the US. But... Since Switzerland is now Schengen, on the day we leave for Bulgaria, we will have been in Schengen for 94 days (4 days over the limit). What will happen? Especially, when we try to come back to Germany to get our flight home? Will they let us back into the country? What should we do now? Re-arranging flights and canceling reservations will be extra expense, and a lot of trouble - but not as much trouble as not being able to get back to Germany, get most of our luggage (which we plan to leave in Germany), and get our flight home. -J |
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