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Justjan   
3 Jul 2011
Law / Study in Poland, wanting to travel around Europe; Having Visa concerns [12]

Hmm but the guy from the Poland embassy told us that if we obtain the Poland National Visa, we cannot visit other parts of Europe, eg Germany for more than 5 days.

Another question, how does the 90 days out of 180 days work?

If I travel 30 days out of Poland in Italy then return back to Poland for 65 days then travel to France for 8 days. Will they still consider my days in France as the 90 days? Cause technically, I have only used 30 days for italy out of my 90 days. So will they consider my days in Poland as part of the 90 days too if I have a Poland National visa?
Justjan   
3 Jul 2011
Law / Study in Poland, wanting to travel around Europe; Having Visa concerns [12]

Hi There!

I am a Singapore student who is going to Poland for a school exchange soon. I have already planned to travel 2 months in the Schengen region before school starts in Poland. In between, I plan to travel around the Schengen region and even out of Schengen region like UK. My in between trips may take more than 5 days.

I went to the Poland embassy in Singapore and was told this.

With a Singapore passport, we are entitled to travel in the Schengen region for max 90 days out of 180 days so we do not need a visa to travel.

However when I told the person at the embassy that we need a visa that allow us to stay more than 90 days, he told us about the Poland national visa however we are not allowed to travel to other areas out of Poland for more than 5 days as stated below.

"Long-stay visas (type D) with permission of staying in Poland longer than 90 days are national Polish visas and enable you to stay only on the territory of Poland (staying on this kind of visa in any other Schengen countries for any other reason than transit will be treated as an offense - it's allowed to stay on Polish long-stay visa maximum 5 days in Schengen countries for transit reasons)."

Therefore, is there a way which allow me to stay in Poland for more than 90 days and still able to travel around Schengen area and UK for more than 5 days at a time throughout my school term in Poland?

Please advise!

Thank you!