Border Compliance
Common Schengen questions answered
90
day maximum limit
180
rolling window
Both
arrival and exit count
Regulations
Understand how passport control applies the 90/180-day limitation across European borders.
Entry and exit counting
UK citizenship status
Overstay consequences
Both your arrival date and departure date count as full days within the Schengen zone, regardless of your actual flight times or arrival hour.
UK nationals are treated as third-country nationals at EU borders and remain strictly subject to the rolling 90-day limitation.
Exceeding the 90-day ceiling can lead to formal passport flagging, immediate financial penalties, and potential entry bans.
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