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Working holiday visa and travel to other countries

Posted by (Australia) on

Hi, so my plan was to travel around Europe on a holiday for 6 months, starting in Ireland and ending in Spain. I have been researching if visas are necessary and came across the Schengen area and the 90 day rule. I'm an AUS citizen so it is visa free for those 90 days but obviously I was intending to stay for longer. I'm wondering if anyone has travelled around Europe recently and had a work around for this or something.

I am now looking at getting a working holiday visa for italy as that is where I spend the most amount of nights. I am wondering if this would allow me to still travel for longer and in different countries, however I'm concerned that this isn't the first place I go, I start in Ireland but the first Schengen country I enter is Norway, then Sweden is first EU Schengen country. Does anyone have advice? please help me I'm very confused and just wanted to have a gap year (6months) after finishing my degree.

Posted by
10674 posts

This is the rule for the country where I live; you need to verify for Italy.

A one-year visitor visa allows you to travel to other countries within the Schengen zone for 90 days. Otherwise, you are expected to be in the host country for the rest of the time.

Now, would you be able to combine 90 days of visa-free travel allowed Australians, visit a non-Schengen country (England, Morocco), fly to Italy to officially enter Italy and reenter Schengen and start your 1-year visitor visa with the accompanying bureaucratic hoopla? Does anyone out there know? I’ve read where students on study visas can combine the time periods.

What exactly the word « working » means in your title is potentially another can of worms.

Posted by
20470 posts

Tricky, isn't it. I'm in Hungary on a Residency permit and technically I am subject to Schengen rules outside of Hungary. But there are no Schengen passport checks so I imagine people cheat the system.

Apparently Denmark has a Schengen exemption https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/general-europe/a-travel-quiz-for-the-new-year. You might check out.

Otherwise there are still a lot of beautiful countries out of Schengen .... go explore.

Posted by
33994 posts

if you went to Ireland in the middle instead of the beginning it might help with some of your day-count. Remember that any part of the day counts, even on arrival and departure days, so be sure to count those in.

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