What One Needs To Know About Passport Validity For Schengen Visa

by author on Jan.25, 2011, under news

It is crucial for a Schengen visa applicant to collect all visa supporting documents according to the requirements of the consulate where the Schengen visa application is to be processed
The rule which is followed by any Schengen consulate is that your UK residence permit and passport should not expire any time soon.

Normally the applicants’ passport and visa for the UK must be valid for a minimum of three months and one day after they are planning to come back to the UK.
Depending on the expiration date of your passport and UK visa you can get a shorter or longer Schengen visa.

For example, if your passport expires in five years time but your UK visa is valid only for 5 months, you will not be granted a Schengen visa with the validity longer than 2 months. And vice versa: if your UK residence permit is valid for two years, but your passport is expiring in two or three months, your Schengen visa application will be turned down. And if your passport expires within four to six months, your Schengen visa will have a very short validity – it may be multiple entry, but the number of days you are allowed to travel will be put according to the tickets and hotel booking you are applying with.
For instance, you can be granted a multiple entry French Schengen visa which is valid for 15 days, but out of these 15 days you are allowed to spend in Europe only 3 days. Read your Schengen visa label attentively.

So if you are planning to get a Schengen visa valid for 6 months or longer, make sure that your documents will allow you this. Otherwise you may need to either renew your UK visa or get a new passport. With majority of countries passports can be renewed at least a few months before the expiry date; with Russian passports, for example, you can apply for a new one 6 months before it expires. The best advice would be to double check with your consulate when you can apply for a new passport or renew the old one. A few countries allow their citizens to hold two valid travel documents at the same time. Some consulates can renew your expiring passport by putting a stamp inside it which says that the document is valid for another two to three years.

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