Alpinista
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The Schengen Agreement says "No more than 90 days in any 180 day period" and the resources I've found on line seem to be very explicit that you count those 180 days from the first day in a Schengen area country to the end of your stay and that it does not matter if you exit/enter during that time period -- the 90 day limit is cumulative.
We were at the Italian embassy in DC last week to pick up Codice Fiscale cards and we asked a representative there the question about the 180 day period and her response was that there is a "rolling time period" which implied the time reset on every new entry. I'm going to sarcasm mode here, but I've never been led astray by Italian officialdom when dealing with matters of maintaining our house, property, taxes, mail, garbage collection, or any other municipal function, so why should I doubt her?
In all past years, we have never exceeded 90 days in country, but are planning to be there this year for two months in May/June and another two months in September/October. Before we get taken aside when exiting the country in October, would welcome input from anyone with experience in extended stays in Italy. I've already talked to a member of this site (Vico Girl) whose thought was, "I do it all the time. Don't worry about it", but she's a New Yorker by birth and we all know what NYrs think about other people's rules ;-)
We were at the Italian embassy in DC last week to pick up Codice Fiscale cards and we asked a representative there the question about the 180 day period and her response was that there is a "rolling time period" which implied the time reset on every new entry. I'm going to sarcasm mode here, but I've never been led astray by Italian officialdom when dealing with matters of maintaining our house, property, taxes, mail, garbage collection, or any other municipal function, so why should I doubt her?
In all past years, we have never exceeded 90 days in country, but are planning to be there this year for two months in May/June and another two months in September/October. Before we get taken aside when exiting the country in October, would welcome input from anyone with experience in extended stays in Italy. I've already talked to a member of this site (Vico Girl) whose thought was, "I do it all the time. Don't worry about it", but she's a New Yorker by birth and we all know what NYrs think about other people's rules ;-)