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My GF has a Schengen visa issued by Austria, for travel in April. When we applied for the visa, we planned to travel between Budapest and Prague, with the most time spent in Austria. We are now considering changing our plans and spending all our time in France, entering through Paris. Will French immigration look at my GF's visa, note that our itinerary has changed significantly, and stop her from entering France? I have a British passport.

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When your girlfriend applied for her visa she was no doubt aware that the rules are that she must apply via the consulate with juristiction for the Member State of her main destination, or if she was visiting an equal amount of time in two or more Member States then she should apply via the Consulate with juristiction for the Member State where she's spending the longest time, with evidence to support her application, so in her case she rightly applied via the Austrian Consulate.

 

You have now changed your plans and want to enter via Paris, plans can and do change and in all liklihood she would have no problems either boarding her flight or entering via a different country to the one she supplied evidence to support her appliction for, but she could do.

 

Some years ago my wife was refused a Schengen Visa because the French Visa Section had worked out that whilst we were entering via GDG we were spending a few hours longer in Italy than in France, so they regarded Italy as our main destination and refused her visa.

 

I don't know if we were just unlucky, she might be ok but she could have a problem. 

theoldgit

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16 hours ago, OzMan said:

My GF has a Schengen visa issued by Austria, for travel in April. When we applied for the visa, we planned to travel between Budapest and Prague, with the most time spent in Austria. We are now considering changing our plans and spending all our time in France, entering through Paris. Will French immigration look at my GF's visa, note that our itinerary has changed significantly, and stop her from entering France? I have a British passport.

Probably she would deny entry.

Why not travel from Austria to Paris? Very nice scenery 

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It shouldn't be a problem but the IO may have some questions. Just be sure to have proof of onward travel and a good reason for changing your travel plans. We have just done it. I am an EU national and my wife Thai. I had to travel to Denmark and Netherlands for work at quite short notice and wanted my wife to come along. We applied and received a Schengen visa for her via the Danish consulate however business plans changed and I was only required to go to Netherlands. On arrival in Amsterdam we were prepared for all sorts of questions however IO just stamped her in. Only question was how long are you planning to stay?

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The airline will not allow her to board the flight. Happened recently with a friend (mid 2024). Airlines have been told to strictly enforce the rule, which has always been there. 

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13 minutes ago, peterinbangkok said:

The airline will not allow her to board the flight. Happened recently with a friend (mid 2024). Airlines have been told to strictly enforce the rule, which has always been there. 

 

How would the airline know?  The visa doesn't indicate a port of entry.

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37 minutes ago, nomad22 said:

 

How would the airline know?  The visa doesn't indicate a port of entry.

 

But the Visa would show which Member State Issued to Visa, which is the important part.

Of course this only applies for the first visit using the visa, subsequent entries can enter via any Member State as long of the length of stay and previous stays meet the length of stay requirements. 

theoldgit

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6 hours ago, theoldgit said:

But the Visa would show which Member State Issued to Visa, which is the important part.

Of course this only applies for the first visit using the visa, subsequent entries can enter via any Member State as long of the length of stay and previous stays meet the length of stay requirements. 

 

You don't need to apply for a visa through the member state where you first enter.  If you plan to travel to multiple member states, you can apply through the country where you plan to stay the longest, even if it's not the country where you will enter.

 

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