<p>DD is working as an au pair this summer in the EU. She was planning to only stay 90 days, then stay a while in the UK with family.</p>
<p>What are the rules for EU travel for US citizens? If she wants to re-enter does she need to leave before the 90 days are up. Someone told me they have to be gone for as long as they are there, so if you go to the EU for 60 days, you have to leave for 60 before re-entry?</p>
<p>How can she protect her ability to re-enter? Are there non-Schengen countries that she could go to instead?</p>
<p>Would it be wise to just get the au pair visa so she can come and go? She does not think she wants to stay au pairing for the year, though she has been invited, but if she got the au pair visa would that allow her to come and go?</p>
<p>My D2 will be doing a semester in Switzerland this fall. They have to leave before the semester is over. So they are going to spend their last few weeks in Croatia which is non Schengen. She was told she can not go back to a Schengen for 6 months.</p>
<p>it doesn’t look like you can get an au pair visa for a stay shorter than 6 mo. But it would depend on the country- which is?</p>
<p>So far in Googling & reading forums, it sounds like you cannot return to the EU until 180 days after your initial entry once you’ve spent 90 days there</p>
<p>You may stay 90 days in any period of 180 days. The 60-day statement is not true. You may go to EU non-Schengen countries like the UK for the outside 90.</p>
<p>This might help her- [Au-pair</a> Society e.V.](<a href=“http://www.au-pair-society.org/]Au-pair”>http://www.au-pair-society.org/)</p>
<p>But sorry, no sprechen sie deutsch.</p>
<p>Ja… I’m considering staying in Germany longer than 90 days this winter. Thanks for the heads up here. It looks like that one must visit the consulate/embassy to get a work visa in order to stay longer than 90 days. Since your D will be working, could her employers provide some kind of documentation/letter that she is working for them?</p>
<p>The UK is non-Schengen. You still can’t stay there more than 90 days though.</p>
<p>I would look carefully into the visa issue since your daughter is working. Generally a work visa is necessary if any paid work is undertaken during a visit. For peace of mind I would get the visa if you are not sure, even if the work is unpaid. There is always the potential that your daugher will be stopped at some border and asked why she is entering the country. She says working, and then they find she hasn’t got a work visa. </p>
<p>Try the German embassy in the US website.</p>