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Will immigration control allow schengen visa holder to use train from amsterdam to main destination portugal?

  • i am a schengen visa holder from philippines and my main destination is portugal however my flight is until amsterdam only and i am planning to take the eurail from there(amsterdam) to portugal,will the amsterdam airport immigration allow me to pass to the netherlands and take train from there to my main destination?

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    It all depends on what type of Schengen visa you have in your possession as to what you are permitted to do Have a look at the card, see which category it is and then dependant on that you can see what you are officially allowed to do and thus avoid any problems Category A refers to an airport transit visa. It is required for some few nationals for passing through the international transit area of airports during a stop-over or transfer between two sections of an international flight. The requirement to have this visa is an exception to the general right to transit without a visa through an international transit area of an airport. Category B refers to a transit visa. It is required by nationals who are not visa-free for travelling from one non-Schengen state to another non-Schengen state, in order to pass through the Schengen area. Each transit may not exceed five days. Category C refers to a short-term stay visa. They are issued for reasons other than to immigrate. They entitle holders to carry out a continuous visit or several visits whose duration does not exceed three months in any half-year from the date of first entry. Category D refers to national visa. They are issued by a Schengen state in accordance with its national legislation as with respect to the conditions (however, a uniform sticker is used). The national visa allows the holder to transit from a non-Schengen country to the Schengen state which issued the national visa within five days. Only after the holder has obtained a residence title after arrival in the destination country (or a different visa), he may again travel to other Schengen countries. Category D+C visa combine the functions of the visa of both categories: They are intended to allow the holder to enter the issuing Schengen state for long-term stay in that state, but also to travel in the Schengen area like a holder of a Category C visa.

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I am fairly certain that your first point of entry has to be where you got your Schengen visa from, in this case Portugal. Once you are in Portugal you can use trains to get around the rest of Europe, as long as you enter in the country your visa was issued from. My friend from Thailand had this issue when she got a visa to France, but she had to enter in France, but then could go wherever

saritamarisa

Yes, they will. This is what Schengen is all about. It is like flying into Chicago with a US visa and taking the bus or the train to San Francisco. Don't worry about it!

t_maia2000

Schengen countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. All these countries except Norway and Iceland are European Union members. U can use Eurail, because Portugal & Amsterdam both are Schengen country but u have to tell me about your flight details is from where to where ?

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