Hello Limnoski, thanks for posting this question. You have a similar question than me.
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| If I head into Switzerland for the standard 90 days and manage to find myself a job, can I just pop over the border to Germany to pick up my work visa before heading back into Switzerland. | |
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Somehow the question is if you can apply for a Visa for one Schengen country during your stay in the Schengen Area.
I am also non-EU (LatAm) and I have been working in Switzerland for almost 2 years with several temporary L permits. I don't have a permanent contract so far, it means that I have to leave Switzerland when both my current L permit and my current contract expire after 2 years here (Next June 22).
Therefore, my question is where I have to apply for a 3-months Schengen Visa for Tourism in Switzerland, valid after my current stay, it is from June 23.
I want to confirm what of this 3 options below is the realistic one. Option 1: I can apply for the Visa by going to the Embassy of Switzerland in Germany?
can I just pop over the border to Germany to pick up my work visa before heading back into Switzerland? | Quote: | |  | |
| Or even better can I just stay in Switzerland while it is processed? | |
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I say the same.
Option 2. Even better, can I just stay in Switzerland while it is processed? | Quote: | |  | |
| I don't want to have to fly all the way to Australia just to get a work visa processed and then fly all the way back. | |
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Unfortunately, I think that maybe it always is
required to apply for a Schengen Visa
from outside the Schengen Area. I dont' feel sure about this (somebody can confirm this for us, please?)
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| You can request to get it sent to UK. I just applied for mine while overseas. | |
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Thanks SwissMissInZurich for this input,
I also don't want (and I hope I don't have) to go to my country of origin in Latin-America just to get a 3-month Schengen Visa for Tourism and then fly all the way back. I have a valid "
Business Visitor Visa" for UK. Therefore I think a possible option is this:
Option 3. I can apply for the Visa by going to the Embassy of Switzerland in UK?
can I just fly to UK to pick up my work visa before heading back into Switzerland? Please somebody can confirm what of these 3 options above is the one I have to follow, for a Swiss Schengen Visa. Can I apply in Switzerland (Option 2)? I have to apply outside of Switzerland, at least in Germany (Option 1)? or, I
have to apply from outside of the Schengen Area (for example UK) (Option 3)?
PS: In addition, what do you think about whether
I am on time or not? My Swiss L permit expires in one month!!!

Thanks a lot!