EXPLAINED: What happens if you overstay your 90-day limit in Austria?
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- 27 Jan 2023
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Visitors to Austria from certain non-EU countries like the US and UK are subject to the 90-day rule, which states that they can only stay for 90 days out of 180. But how strictly is this rule enforced - and what happens if you end up overstaying?
For some non-EU citizens – which from January 2021 includes British nationals – the 90-day rule limits how long you can stay in Austria within 180 days without a visa or residency permit.
The limits are imposed on the so-called "visa-free group". As a result, citizens of certain non-EEA countries, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Australia and Japan, can enter and stay in the European Union (and other countries, including Switzerland, that are not part of the EU but belong to the border-free Schengen area) without the need to apply for a visa beforehand.
However, citizens of other countries, including Bolivia, South Africa (in fact, all African countries) and India (plus most of Asia), must apply for a visa even for short stays. In those cases, their stay could be as long as the permit allows them to stay. Read More…
