How to: AVOID 90 DAY SCHENGEN VISA | ANDORRA WAY | EUROPE BY MOTORHOME

Thank you for this video, Harro! This is one of our biggest headaches and worries when we were travelling in Europe for extended period of time. Very good idea! We did notice that guards at borders never could give us a straight answer about 90 days, it felt like they really do not know or know but not sure how this rule is enforced. Of course last time we were there 4 years ago, things could change. But seems like everything is same regarding 90 days.

If you are doing that trick, then make shure that you dont book accomodation where they scan your passport and report it to the autorities while you are in "Andorra". That is the way you get caught with this trick. Make shure that you also get stamped out of Andorra wihin 90 days as well, or you get caught that way as well. But if you can handle the logistics of that, then this is possible. But this is not the preferred way, i would say use like 85 days in Schengen, then go to Morocco or the Balkan countries and use the 90 days there and return again. There is another rule that you can use as well and that is three months extension in some of the coutries, but that will also turn into a Andorra problem light if you are traveling outside of the country that you have the extension in, but to pull the last thirty days of your hat is possible that way in the last coutry you are staying in. So there are ways around, so the Andorra solution is the weakest one of those, but it will work if you don't get caugt in Schengen for something wile staying in Andorra according to your passport.

Great idea! The problem can also be when buying the airplane ticket from Canada: very difficult to buy a one way ticket to Europe. And if for more than 3 months, it can also be complicated...depending on the agent. But yes, flying in a non Shengen country would be making things easier!

Thank you!!

Just got back a week ago used Morocco to pause the shengen clock, 40 days in France, Portugal and Spain so had 50 days left after coming back to Spain from Morocco.

Thanks for that.

Thanks, Harro, it looks like Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria may join Schengen in December this year as a decision from European Commission is due then. That will screw up a few prolonged travel plans.

P.s. new subscriber.

Nice 👌 just done the same thing. Drove in through the French side , had plenty of room to stop and park the motorhome and walk upto the guy in the box to ask for a passport stamp..he sent me inside the building , where the the French guy gave me a stamp..drove into Andorra, filled up with diesel and lpg , spent the night then down near the Spanish border..after visiting the supermarket, tobacco , alcohol 🍸..and have just passed through into Spain 🇪🇸 not being stopped...I will return in a month and go back through the Spanish side drive through Andorra to the French side ( stopping off again for cheap tobacco and alcohol ) then ask the French border guy or gal to stamp my exit...an extra month added to my stupid 90 day rule brexit bullshit ...why the fuck the plebs voted for this ? Then back to Scotland and work for 8 months on a campsite..Next trip will be Monte Negro, Bulgaria , that area..thanks for posting the vid , stay well and have a good Xmas 👍

I dont understand how this helps. Its an accumulation of days , so if you go out of Schegen before 90 days, but you go back to Schegen, you are still piling up days

Croatia no more.. it joins the Schengen Jan 1 2023 which is one more option gone for us tourists

I have eu permanent resident permit in a schengen country:), so whitin the shcnegen countries nobody knows how long i have been overstaying 😂

Skipped the bad part, you're now in Schengen without a valid entry stamp, which can get you arrested and deported at will, they are not required to question you about it or listen to any explanation (they may choose to ask/listen) on why no valid entry stamp as it's up to the passport holder to insure their passport is stamped upon entry and exit (when required). Not to mention any future border crossings into Schengen the border guards will be able to see you been deported and can deny you entry without cause. All this however will become irrelevant once electronic checks are rolled out fully across Schengen.

Can you enter Andorra via train as well?

The problem is that Andorra doesn't stamp passports, so evidence of 90 days in Andorra is tough to prove. Receipts showing accommodation in Andorra, ATM withdrawals, photos etc might convince an Immigration agent when you leave the Schengen Zone, but it's an usual person that would want to spend 90 days in Andorra, so it looks suspicious.

Don't you think EU authorities know this trick?😅😅😅😅😅😅

But.... you're driving a vehicle with plates from an EU country. If someone in a UK registered vehicle was crossing into France the probability of getting stopped and checked would be much higher.