I am an American traveling in Europe and I know that I am allowed to stay 90 days at a time in Germany. My question is, if I leave Germany does it count as long as I leave the Schengen group and my passport is stamped? Or do I need to leave the EU?
I have a work visa that let me work here until August 19th. But I enter the Schengen on June 17th at a port in Spain from Morocco (I entered Germany before that, but they didn't stamp my passport). I also left Germany and returned July 18th from Estonia. I would imagine Estonia would count as leaving as it's no in the Schengen, but maybe not since it's in the EU...? I also plan to leave and go to the UK, which should also count as leaving...
EU and Schengen are separate things. I'm not sure how it might work since you had a work permit in Germany but generally this is how it works...
Out of 180 days you are only allowed 90 in the Schengen zone. Going into a non Schengen country (ie UK, Estonia) will not reset your 90 days.
If you're going to UK don't worry 'cause its not Schengen. You're supposed to get 6 months as a tourist there so thats enough time to wait out the reset period. Poland and a few other Schengen nations are not implemeting it until the end of this year, so there is opportunity to travel there. Ukraine is also a great country not in the Schengen agreement and no visa is needed for Americans.
90 day Visa in Germany/ Schengen Question
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