I just heard that people are actually able to japa with schengen visa.
How do they do this and which countries would it work for?

xHopex:
I just heard that people are actually able to japa with schengen visa.
How do they do this and which countries would it work for?

Not advisable because you will most likely end up being an asylum seeker (an undocumented immigrant) in Europe.

Following

Can someone tell us the process

1. Apply for asylum after arrival. At least make you dey chop first, get a place to sleep and dey see small asylum cash until they made a decision. This is purely "try your luck"

2. Get married or have a child and legalise through that route.

3. Apply for a residence permit based on other grounds (eg for language studies). Some Schengen countries will allow you switch to a residence permit without leaving the country.

4. Just stay illegal and doing dirty jobs or illegal stuff to survive. This is usually the last option when legal route have been exhausted.

@pansophist

I'm guessing for option 3, Say I have a relative in Germany for example,I can apply for schenegen and if I have admission to a school I can just resume in school with that schengen and stay there for the duration of my study till I can apply for permanent residence?

xHopex:
I just heard that people are actually able to japa with schengen visa.
How do they do this and which countries would it work for?

Like how much would the cost of the Visa be?

pansophist:
1. Apply for asylum after arrival. At least make you dey chop first, get a place to sleep and dey see small asylum cash until they made a decision. This is purely "try your luck"

2. Get married or have a child and legalise through that route.

3. Apply for a residence permit based on other grounds (eg for language studies). Some Schengen countries will allow you switch to a residence permit without leaving the country.

4. Just stay illegal and doing dirty jobs or illegal stuff to survive. This is usually the last option when legal route have been exhausted.

@pansophist

I'm guessing for option 3, Say I have a relative in Germany for example,I can apply for schenegen and if I have admission to a school I can just resume in school with that schengen and stay there for the duration of my study till I can apply for permanent residence?

xHopex:



@pansophist

I'm guessing for option 3, Say I have a relative in Germany for example, I can apply for Schengen and if I have admission to a school I can just resume school with that Schengen and stay there for the duration of my study till I can apply for permanent residence?

As for option 3, I intentionally wrote language class, since it is easy to find schools that admit new students all round. Also, only a few countries allow you to apply for a residence permit on a visit visa. (e.g. Poland).

So it is not as easy as you think. Germany has a very strict immigration system. You cant convert to any other category inside Germany with a tourist visa.