You CANNOT apply for a carte de sejour after being in France for three months. That is not what a carte sejour is. If you arrive in France on anything other than a tourist visa (ie, like the long stay visa Eric would apply for, or a student visa) and you intend to stay more than three months, then y...

I apologize for not having carefully read Tiptop's post and for having given him the wrong advice. I'll leave it up to the more informed people on this forum to tell him about the legal parameters of his decision. My response was for non-EU citizens not married to EU citizens, etc...ie, people like ...

Hey, What could happen is that when you enter, they'll deny you entry and they'll have to fill out a form explaining why. And then your name will go in the Schengen Information System (SIS) database and it will always be there and when you apply for visas in the future the consulate will see your na...

Hey all, Thanks for your responses. The stamps in my passport say entering at Frankfurt airport on Feb. 1 and leaving through Lyon airport on May 1. It's true that they can't prove anything, but I've read that the burden is actually on me to prove that I haven't been in the Schengen space. But then ...

Hello all, I am an American citizen who recently returned from France after spending exactly 90 days there, from February 1 to May 1. I had originally intended to go back to France after spending two or three weeks at home, but I have learned about this Schengen law stating that I have only 90 days ...

Does anyone know when driving in and out of Switzerland which border control points check and stamp passports? I was told that the border control point along route A40, through St. Jullien-en-Genevois, does not check or stamp. However, the border control point through Ferney-Voltaire does check and ...

I am in almost your exact same situation and am trying to resolve it. I am an American citizen, 19 years old, arrived in France on February 1 and my 90 day visa (tourist, on my passport) is due to expire by May 1 (thereabouts plus a few days because Feb has 28 days). When I arrived in France, I had ...