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Visa timeline question, please help!
Hello, we are from Florida— my understanding is that we will have 90 days from when we pick up our non lucrative visa to then depart for Spain. Our plan is to visit the Miami Consulate May 13 to apply for our visa, with the expectation that it will take about a month or so for approval. So that would be about mid-June, and we would then come back to Miami to pick up the visas within several weeks after that (early July). We plan to depart for Spain Sept. 12. That would be within 90 days of picking up the visas. However, I read elsewhere that we have to depart for Spain within 90 days of the initial visa appointment, not 90 days from picking up the visa. Which is correct? Can we apply for the visas May 13 and depart for Spain Sept. 12 (assuming the visas are approved in about a month after May 13)?
Thanks, knowing the answer may significantly change our plans for when to apply and/or when to depart for Spain).
Phillip and Robin
Fleming Island, Fla.
