Just to add... there's nothing amiss with your original question Trundlebus.Okay, sorry I raised the thorny subject and obviously upset people. I crawl back under my rock and ignore the world
Hope this answers you question
http://www.euro-dollar-currency.com/90_180_days_rule.htm
Or perhaps this
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-types/
Have you read this?:I still don't see anything that currently restricts me from travelling Europe for say 6 months. Once ETIAS lands thats a different story.
A stiff fine and refusal of re-entry for something like 7 years.What are they going to do?, deport you?
Have you read this?:
"...anyone from a non-EU country has to apply for a visa - unless they are from a special list of 61 countries, which also includes the US, Japan and Australia.
Nationals from these 61 countries can travel within the EU's Schengen zone - the area where people can travel without border checks - for up to 90 days without a visa.
However, because of the migrant crisis and security concerns over terrorism, the EU has decided to bring in more controls over the countries on this special list.
So it is introducing the ETIAS..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46564884
and this:
"The visa 90/180 days rule means that the Schengen zone visitor or the Schengen visa holder can travel freely within the Schengen zone for a maximum stay of up to 90 days in any half year period. The 90/180 days rule means that once the visitor has spent a total of 90 days in the Schengen zone (either consecutively or separately) within any half year, he or she must leave the Schengen zone."
http://www.euro-dollar-currency.com/90_180_days_rule.htm
The message is clearly that non-EU citizens - whether or not they require a visa - can stay for a maximum of 90 days in a period of 180 days. So nothing to stop you staying for the period between now and a no-deal Brexit if it happens, plus a further 90 days if no visa is required thereafter. If a visa is required, you would probably have to leave the EU in order to apply for it. The current political vacuum means that no-one yet knows what happens after 29 March 2019.
True
BUT it does not does not mean that the previous "rights" of others should be removed !
I do not forget.
Maybe you have forgotten the many members of this community who will be affected !
No mate, you stay out in the sunshine. It’s so sad that no one is allowed an opinion, if it differs from what is assumed to be the mainstream.Okay, sorry I raised the thorny subject and obviously upset people. I crawl back under my rock and ignore the world
I have studied this in detail as in the past our trips abroad are generally anything up to six months but never less than four. Those days are pretty much gone whatever happens thanks to Brexit. It is something motorhomers need to be aware of. As said above if there is a transition period everything will stay the same but if we leave on no deal these restrictions will be in effect from the end of March.
There is no getting around it that I can see apart from leaving to a none EU country for three months before returning to Schengen. Third country passports are checked and recorded in and out of Schengen and over stayers are indeed fined heavily (usually between €500 to €1000) and deported immediately and you may have trouble returning in the future if you are caught.
A few motorhomers I have discussed this with are talking about just winging it but I cannot see how they will get away with it. Firstly will any insurer offer you vehicle and medical insurance for more than 90 days in Europe post Brexit? Possibly but why would they offer you insurance cover over 90 days which will be the new legal limit and secondly I Cannot see how they would get away with it as eventually your going to have to exit and your passport will flag up your entry date and the fact that you have overstayed. Unless you can prove you left Schengen during that time your stuffed.
Well !! Will Barry and Jaggy be right ? Watch this space LOL ? !! I wouldn't question the learned opinions of the two above but just hope the eventuality is a little sweeter !!! I still think there are many variables that could effect the final outcome of traveling in the EU...no deal...a better deal....article 50 being withdrawn/suspended.....a military coup... who knows eh !! Anyway, Christmas and New Year have bored me to death....glad when Brexit is back on the news every day LOL ? !! Oh, and if we are restricted to 90 days will make sure we're here in Spain for the freezing Jan/Feb time..
....hey ho..... Maja