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90 days in any 180,
counted the way a
border officer counts.

List the stays you have made and booked. The calculator counts the days in the rolling window on every day you are there, flags any day over the limit, and tells you how long your next trip can be.

Count the daysWhat you get

The stay calculator

The worked example is a made-up study-abroad year with three earlier stays and a summer trip starting July 20. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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What you get

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What you finish with
The days used in the busiest window, the first day (if any) over the limit, and the longest next stay with the day you must leave. It prints as a summary and downloads as a spreadsheet.
Who it is for
Students studying or travelling abroad, gap year travellers, and families planning several trips to the same area in a year.
Format
Browser calculator for a phone, tablet or computer, by touch or keyboard. Up to 40 stays. Prints a summary; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Passion Projects space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Keep 90 and 180 for the Schengen rule, or set another rule.
  2. Add each stay with the day you entered and the day you left.
  3. Type the day you plan to enter next.
  4. Read the longest next stay and the day to leave by.
  5. Print the summary and keep it with your travel documents.

Count the days

How the days are counted

A window that slides one day at a time.

The worked example: the summer tripEarlier stays79 days20 + 55 + 4, Feb to JunEnter Jul 20count back 180window starts Jan 22Room left11 days90 − 79, all still in the windowLeave byJul 3011 days, both ends countedThe worked example: the summer tripEarlier stays79 days20 + 55 + 4, Feb to JunEnter Jul 20count back 180window starts Jan 22Room left11 days90 − 79, all still in the windowLeave byJul 3011 days, both ends counted
The window slides one day at a time. On each new day, the day 180 days earlier falls out of the count, which can free room for a longer stay.

The count

For every day you are in the area, look back over the window (that day and the 179 before it for the Schengen rule) and count the days you were present. The count may never pass the limit. Entry and exit days count as full days, and days spent in different countries of the same area add together. To find the longest next stay, the page adds one day at a time from the entry date and stops before any day would go over.

What this does not cover

The rule applies to short stays without a national long-stay visa or residence permit. Students on a long-stay study visa are counted under that visa instead, and some countries have bilateral agreements that allow extra days. Rules and the countries in an area change, so check the official calculator and the consulate before you book.

Sources

  1. European Union. Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code), article 6: conditions for short stays, 90 days in any 180-day period (eur-lex.europa.eu).
  2. European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs. Short-stay calculator and user guide (home-affairs.ec.europa.eu).
  3. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Schengen fact sheet and country information for U.S. travellers (travel.state.gov).
  4. U.S. Department of State. Study abroad: student visas and long-stay permits (studyabroad.state.gov).

The worked example is made up. This is a counting aid, not legal advice; border officers and consulates decide. Your dates stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.