Schengen 90/180 Business Scenarios

The impact of the Schengen 90/180-day travel rule

The restrictive Schengen 90/180-day travel rule will come into force for UK citizens on January 1, 2021 unless the Government takes action.

These mini stories demonstrate the consequences of the Government's ignorance of, and indifference to the impact of the 90/180 rule.

More than 500,000 people will be affected.

B1: Student escapes Schengen by a whisker but gives his company a headache

David travels extensively in Europe before joining a new company. Later, he has difficulties on a business trip to Europe when he nearly exceeds the 90 day limit under Schengen.

His company discovers that business trips and leisure trips both count toward the Schengen 90 day count. This affects a number of their younger employees. See the detail here

B2 An admin error stops the European Business Development Director visiting Europe

Jonathan is a European Business Development Director. He is caught out when he makes a couple of errors recording business trips he took during previous months. This results in cancelled business meetings and a considerable loss of valuable time. See the detail here

B3 Schengen 90/180 gives an international company an HR problem and extra administration

An engineering company has to introduce a new administration layer and change project management procedures to deal with the risk of Schengen overstay. See the detail here