^ Reporting on taking a bus from Poznan to Berlin yesterday. No issues, since the border there is completely open. Not even a traffic stop.

Edit: I didn't see a traffic stop in the other direction either.

^ No issues coming back from Berlin via Poznan late yesterday evening.

Between Berlin and Frankfurt an der Oder, my PolskiBus did stop for a German police ID check. Good thing I had my passport.

They didn't care about my Schengen entry and exit stamps.

Just finished a border run via Hrebenne, as I mentioned in a previous run. Difference here is I did it during the day.

Once again, no hassles at all from Polish or Ukrainian border control there. I definitely prefer that part of it over Gdansk airport.

I made a run to Zagreb from Budapest back and forth no issues.....

Crossed another border within Schengen with no issues, this time going from Poland (Kudowa-Zdroj) to the Czech Republic (Nachod) by PolskiBus. Not even a security check.

I am starting to think 262 is some sort of KGB agent or MI-5.

I don't think the KGB exists anymore but you get my drift.

Edit: Through my connections found a pic of 262 with his handler.

Not even a security check going from the Czech Republic (Nachod) to Poland (Kudowa-Zdroj) by PolskiBus today.

Just finished another Hrebenne border run as I've done before.

On coming back to Poland, the Polish officer did ask me where I was going, so I said Poland, even though I already booked travel within Schengen to other countries.

No other questions or issues.

Overstayed my 90 days Schengen by 1 day in Budapest.

During outgoing passport control no one said a word.

First of all, I discovered this forum by searching this issue on Google. That's how I came across. I've been reading the whole forum ever since and it's perfectly fits my lifestyle.

This is what I found because I was in Latvia recently

http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/consular-inform...-agremeent

Americans have extra 90 days in Latvia, additionally to that 90 days in Schengen but it's little tricky. It doesn't let you re-enter the country once you used your 90 days.

Let's say: you've been to France for France for 88 days. Technically, you can only stay 2 days in Schengen zone but if you go to Latvia you can stay 2 days + 90 extra days (If you exit from Latvia, of course.)

So, what I did was, I went to France for 88 days, came back to New York.

Went to Riga, got in, went to France again and came back to Riga and exited the Schengen from Riga. So I stayed around 178 days.

I used my 90 days in Europe by August.

But I just landed in Copenhagen 2 weeks ago with no problem. Americans get to stay 90 days in Denmark and Sweden regardless of if they stayed in Schengen area 90 days prior.

Just finished another Hrebenne border run as I've done before.

On coming back to Poland, the Polish officer did ask me what I was doing, so I said visiting.

Also note that using the bathrooms on the Polish side now costs 2 PLN, exact change only. I don't think there are bathrooms on the Ukrainian side, since I've never seen any passenger go inside - plus the locals paid the 2 PLN on the Polish side.

No other questions or issues.

Yo, probably a long shot.

Anyone ever been rejected a VISA in an EU country and had to pay the consequence by leaving the Sch Zone? I know someone expecting this and want to know what to tell her.
Border run?
Permanent return back to home country?

^
Is she in schengen already? Was she rejected by a schengen member? What kind of visa is it that it was Rejected by an individual country of the schengen?

(10-27-2016 05:05 PM)El_Gostro Wrote:  ^
Is she in schengen already? Was she rejected by a schengen member? What kind of visa is it that it was Rejected by an individual country of the schengen?

Yes she's been in Schengan for 2.5 years but has been on a long term visa with the country she's in. I read somewhere your Schengan time resets if you're granted a long term visa but am assuming the consequence of the rejection depends on the individual country.

^Is she a US citizen?

(10-28-2016 09:16 AM)Alpha_Romeo Wrote:  ^Is she a US citizen?

non-eu, yea she is

I overstayed my visa by about(or at least) a month at the moment and currently in poland.
Not sure if it'd be worth it to try and do a border run or just say fuck it and stay inside schengen indefinitely
I was planning on exiting out to ukraine anyway, but i would definitely like to not be banned from schengen

I recently flew into Amsterdam with 15 days on my schenfen visa. They checked and accidentally miscounted, almost telling me that I needed to fly back to London. Immigration officer said they sent someone back earlier that day who had too few days left.

Surprised this site isn't mentioned - it's the Polish Embassy in the DC: http://www.waszyngton.msz.gov.pl/en/wasz..._en_visas/

Quote:Based on an exchange of diplomatic notes between Poland and the USA, since April 15th, 1991 the US citizens are allowed to enter Poland for any 90 days period without visa. The common rule 90 days of stay in 180-day period does not apply in this case. Please note that the common rule is applicable for other Schengen States, and if its a consecutive trip to Poland you must cross the Polish border directly from the third country (non-Schengen State) e.g. direct flights from Chicago, New York, London, Moscow, Kiev etc. Longer stays require Polish National Visa, provide by the Polish Consulates in the USA, or a temporary residence permit, a petition shall be filed in Poland in an appropriate Voivodship Office (Urząd Wojewódzki).

Edit: I'm using the ChangeDetection.com monitoring service to have any changes to this page e-mailed to me. Recommend similar to any other guys using these diplomatic notes.

(10-28-2016 08:07 AM)PragueDude Wrote:  

(10-27-2016 05:05 PM)El_Gostro Wrote:  ^
Is she in schengen already? Was she rejected by a schengen member? What kind of visa is it that it was Rejected by an individual country of the schengen?

Yes she's been in Schengan for 2.5 years but has been on a long term visa with the country she's in. I read somewhere your Schengan time resets if you're granted a long term visa but am assuming the consequence of the rejection depends on the individual country.

She's probably going to pay big fine 6200 Euro and 2-3 years ban from Schengen. Thats what happened to my friend's sister. She stayed 2 years in Paris.

I'd suggest moving this thread to the private forum. It might attract too much attention, bringing unwanted attention, and the party might get shut down.

I know for a fact that many "fresa" Mexicans scour in the interwebs looking for ways to stay in Schengen indefinitely. A couple of them have asked me for any tips, but as I dislike fresas....I have no incentive to help.

(10-27-2016 05:08 AM)262 Wrote:  Just finished another Hrebenne border run as I've done before.

On coming back to Poland, the Polish officer did ask me what I was doing, so I said visiting.

Also note that using the bathrooms on the Polish side now costs 2 PLN, exact change only. I don't think there are bathrooms on the Ukrainian side, since I've never seen any passenger go inside - plus the locals paid the 2 PLN on the Polish side.

No other questions or issues.

What exactly do you do? Going to Ukraine by bus and stay there few days and come back to Poland?

^ Yes, except I only stay a night in Lviv, then come back the next morning.

(11-30-2016 04:40 AM)262 Wrote:  ^ Yes, except I only stay a night in Lviv, then come back the next morning.

I never did this Poland thing. I already stayed 3 months in EU, so I'm thinking to get a flight to Poland from NYC and then travel from Poland to France. Would that work?

Since I enter EU from Poland, there should be no issues, right? If I take Warsaw to any EU country, there's no passport check anyway.