If i get a long stay student visa for France, can i travel through Europe?
does anyone know? i might be there for 5 months but i would like to visit family in Germany and friends in the UK and Switzerland
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A long stay visa for one Schengen country lets you freely travel to all other countries of the Schengen agreement without the need to get any further visa. You can freely travel to Germany and Switzerland without further immigration formalities for up to 90 days. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/111&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en .. http://dc.the-netherlands.org/Services/Consular_services/Visa/US_citizens/Traveling_to_the_Netherlands/Tourist_and_Business_Visa_for_the_Netherlands_Schengen/See_also/Map_of_Schengen_countries .. The United Kingdom however is not signatory to the free-travel part of the Schengen agreement and has chosen the option to keep controlling its borders. In order to travel to the United Kingdom you will either need to hold a passport of a country which exempts from the visitors visa requirement like the American passport or you will need to apply for a visa if you are a visa national.. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/visadatvnationals .. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/wheretoapply/france ..
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You can travel through out the continent of Europe. However I am not certain on the UK, you will need to check with their embassy.
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