Will netherlands immigration allow me to enter & stay for a night in the hotel, my main destination is poland.

Question

my friend will attend an important meeting in Poland,however his flight is up to schipol only and he plans to stay for a night in the hotel somewhere in amsterdam,and then the next morning he will take train to poland.will the amterdam immigration let him enter the netherlands considering he has a multiple entry visa given by poland embassy? (main destination is poland but he will first to enter amsterdam)

Answer 1

It depends on the actual visa he/you get.

If you apply for a visa to the Schengen area you can get one for just one country, in which case you can not enter in an other country.

In most cases you will get a visa allowing you entry to the whole zone, with just one or multiple entries.

There is a letter on your/his visa, indicating which he got, here is a copy and paste from a wikipedia page about those letters.

Quote:

"Category A refers to an airport transit visa. It is required for some few nationals for passing through the international transit area of airports during a stop-over or transfer between two sections of an international flight. The requirement to have this visa is an exception to the general right to transit without a visa through an international transit area of an airport.

Category B refers to a transit visa. It is required by nationals who are not visa-free for travelling from one non-Schengen state to another non-Schengen state, in order to pass through the Schengen area. Each transit may not exceed five days.

Category C refers to a short-term stay visa. They are issued for reasons other than to immigrate. They entitle holders to carry out a continuous visit or several visits whose duration does not exceed three months in any half-year from the date of first entry.

Category D refers to national visa. They are issued by a Schengen state in accordance with its national legislation as with respect to the conditions (however, a uniform sticker is used). The national visa allows the holder to transit from a non-Schengen country to the Schengen state which issued the national visa within five days. Only after the holder has obtained a residence title after arrival in the destination country (or a different visa), he may again travel to other Schengen countries.

Category D+C visa combine the functions of the visa of both categories: They are intended to allow the holder to enter the issuing Schengen state for long-term stay in that state, but also to travel in the Schengen area like a holder of a Category C visa."

But remember to double check, any internet page can contain errors.

Added:

As far as I read in the above, he should have an C or a C/D visa to travel overland from Schiphol to Poland.