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Bruno Maçães

Aug 14 • 6 tweets • 1 min read

There is not a lot Germany can do to stop a visa tourist ban. You cannot enter Estonia with a Schengen visa issued by Germany. Those are the rules

Big change in Europe over past six months is people are very willing to tell Germany “we take care of this, please step aside”

You need to enter Schengen through country that issued visa. Rule is often overlooked but it’s the rule

If Germany starts to massively issue Russians visas only way for a Russian tourist to get to Tallinn is to fly to Istanbul, then enter EU in Germany then fly to Estonia.

If you are visiting only one country then you must enter in country that issued visa. If a traveller plans to visit two or more Schengen countries, the same should apply at the visa processing centre of the country in which the same will be spending more days.

Estonia would certainly be entitled to refuse entry to someone holding a German issued visa

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