HOW TO READ A SCHENGEN VISA LABEL

If you have been granted a sticker visa, there are several pieces of important information on the visa sticker. The visa sticker information is provided in three languages: English, French and German.

Label	Significance
« Valid for » :	Territorial validity of the passport If « ETATS SCHENGEN » is apposed, this visa authorizes you to enter in the Schengen space (the territory of the Schengen States : France and also Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Island, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden). If « FRANCE + 1 TRANSIT SCHENGEN » is apposed, this visa authorizes you to transit only one time through a Schengen State in order to arrive to France. If « FRANCE » is apposed, this visa authorizes you to only enter the French territory.
« From » : « Untill » :	Date as of which you are authorized to enter the Schengen space. Date as of which you have to leave the Schengen space. Both of these dates therefore give you a period of time during which the visa can be used (which is not the duration of your trip).
« Type of Visa » :	Either « A » : airport transit visa (this visa does not allow you to exit the international zone nor under customs of the airport). Or « B » : transit visa permitting you to enter the Schengen space. Or « C » : short stay visa. Or « D » : long stay via (duration of stay being longer than 3 months).
« Numbers of entries » :	Either « MULT », which states that you can enter in the Schengen space an unlimited number of times. Or « 1 », which states that you can only enter once in the Schengen space. Or « 2 », which states that you can enter twice in the Schengen space.
« Duration of stay » :	The full number of days you have authorization to stay in the Schengen space (respecting the duration of the use of your visa). If the consulate has delivered you a « visa de circulation » (time of use being one year), the number of days indicated is 90, since you are authorized to stay a maximum of 90 days within a period of 6 months.
« Issued in » :	​Location of the visa deliverance.
« On » :	Date of the visa deliverance.
« Passport number» :	The number of your passport.
« Surname, Name » :	The last name and first name of the visa holder.
« Remarks » :	Multiple different remarks can be opposed: type of visa, category of the holder, reason of travel, etc. A few examples of the most frequent ones: « TRANSIT AEROPORTUAIRE » : this visa does not allow you to exit the international zone of the airport or under customs of the airport. « BUSINESS TRIP » and « CIRCULATION » : this visa permits you to travel an unlimited number of times in the Schengen space during the period of validity of your visa, provided that the total days of the trips does not exceed 90 days per 6 months period.
« VIS » :	​(Visa Information System) is a data exchange system between the Schengen Member States on visas. These countries share a freedom of movement common area with no internal border control.
Countries the Visa Holder is permitted to Enter:	A – Austria B – Belgium CH – Switzerland CZE – Czech Republic D – Germany DK – Denmark E – Spain EST – Estonia F – France FIN – Finland GR – Greece H – Hungary I – Italy IS – Iceland L – Luxembourg LT – Lithuania LVA – Latvia M – Malta N – Norway NL – Netherlands P – Portugal PL – Poland S – Sweden SK – Slovakia SVN – Slovenia HR – Croatia RO - Romania BG - Bulgaria