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Can somebody help me with my dilemma: My wife and I were issued a tourist Schengen Visa by the French embassy. We applied through them because our initial plan was that we will stay in France the longest. However, upon further research and more detailed planning for our itinerary, it seemed more cost effective if we will shorten our days in France and add another country in the eastern side of Europe (where costs are cheaper) in our trip.

Question is: will the immigration officer see this as a red flag during our trip? Yes, we will visit France, but no, it will not be our longest stay anymore. Our point of entry in Schengen is also a different country.

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There is a good chance that this will go unnoticed. However the downsides of it being noticed are quite severe, possibly including cancelation of the visa and/or it becoming much harder to get similar visas in the future. The only upside to you making the change to the itinerary are a saving in cost.

If you have a good reason for making a change then authorities are pretty reasonable. But your reason is not good. Your only justification is to save a bit of money. How come you didn't research costs before you applied for the visa? If cost is your main consideration France, an expensive country, might not be my first choice. This looks to the visa authorities like visa shopping and they don't like that.

My advice would be to stick with your original itinerary, even it costs a bit more, When you applied for the visa you thought you could afford it. Don't risk a visa cancelation just to save a bit of money.

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