Acceptable Reasons to Extend a Schengen Short-Stay Visa
Posted date: 18 Apr 2022
Whether you are a traveller who wants to explore more of Europe, a business leader who needs to conduct unexpected business after their visa expires, or a patient who needs to receive treatment in one or more Schengen Zone member states, the Embassy will not allow you to stay in Europe once your present Schengen visa expires unless you extend it.
The regulatory oversight of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No. 810/2009 of 13 July 2009 creating a Community Code on Visas (Journal of Laws of the EU of 2009 L243/1) allows for short-stay Schengen visa extensions. You will have a very limited probability of acquiring one if you do not have a convincing cause to support your application. The following are the only conditions that a Schengen short-stay visa can be extended, as per Schengen visa policy:
Late Arrival
Only if you have got a single-entry short-stay visa you can use this excuse to apply for a visa extension. This is, nevertheless, your best-case scenario for extending your visa. If you entered Schengen after your visa expired, you can ask for a visa extension. For example, if your visa expires on August 1 but you enter Schengen on August 15, you can request a two-week visa extension, which you will very certainly receive.
Humanitarian considerations
The Schengen visa policy allows third-country nationals to lengthen a short-stay Schengen visa in time to avoid or overcome hardship. If you really need to remain in one of the member states for medical treatment, to attend a funeral after the unfortunate death of a family member, to support someone close to you who is going through a hard time, etc., you will be given a short-stay visa extension depending on humanitarian grounds.
Extenuating Factors
If something strange happened in your home country prior to the end of your visas, such as a military conflict, or even violent protests throughout the nation, harsh weather, no flight connections due to sequential earthquakes, or other factors, you have a good chance of obtaining a Schengen short-stay visa extension. You will be given a few weeks' extension, or until the environment in your native country improves. If the situation does not improve, you will need to apply for a short-stay visa extension again in an attempt to continue in Schengen.
Important Personal Factors
It's risky, but if you don't have any other options, you should attempt it. You may ask for an extension if you have unresolved issues in one of the Schengen Member States, an unforeseen wedding (yours or a relative's), and so on. After that, the immigration officials will decide whether or not you should be allowed a visa extension.
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