Are bus tickets valid proof of internal transit within the Schengen territory?

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I will be applying for a short term tourist schengen visa at VFS Italy from Bangalore, India.

According to their 'Documentos necessários' section, it's mentioned

Proof of all internal travel within the Schengen territory including train bookings, car rentals

I would like to know if bus tickets booked via. Flixbus are valid proof of transit within the Schengen territory (within and across countries) or not?

por Parthapratim Neog 02.05.2019 / 12:55

2 respostas

They have to be, since they're all you'll have if you're traveling by bus. A bus ticket isn't appreciably different from a train ticket in this regard.

To look at it another way, if bus tickets were invalid as proof of internal travel, that would be tantamount to a rule that people using Schengen visas are not allowed to travel from one Schengen country to another by bus. Such a rule makes no sense, and would surely be opposed by bus operators. There has been no such controversy, of course.

02.05.2019 / 19:33

At Busbud (I work there) we're aware of people using our tickets for visa purposes (e.g. as proof of onward travel) all around the world. I've never heard of them being rejected.

Of course immigration agents have a lot of discretion in most places but they indeed seem to treat bus tickets equally to tickets from any other mode of transportation.

02.05.2019 / 20:54