Can I apply for Schengen if the remaining validity of the British visa is less than three months?

When you apply for a short-term Schengen visa (which is what we call a Schengen tourist visa) at the French Consulate in London (or other consulates in Schengen countries), you must require that the expected itinerary you submit shows that the end date of your tour in Schengen countries is 20 1 1. For example, if you apply for a Schengen visa in March 1 1, even if your itinerary is from April 15 to May 15, they can only give you a visa from April 15 to April 30. If you apply in March 1, the itinerary submitted is from April 30 to May 15, which is likely to be rejected (the visa fee of 50-70 pounds was given to them for nothing).

2. At least 3 months refers to your UK visa (if there are two or more UK visas, it refers to your latest UK visa). I don't understand what you mean by overall validity and remaining validity respectively. But for example, if you have had two British visas, the old one expired on February 28, 20 1 1, but you planned to renew it in February, and then you got the renewal in February, and the renewal expired on February 28, 201. Then, you can apply for a Schengen visa before 2011127. So, the so-called three months is: three months before the validity of your visa to the UK.

This has nothing to do with the expiration of your China passport. For your passport requirements, it is only required that the passport is within the validity period and has more than 3 blank pages.

If you don't want to renew your contract and want to travel to continental Europe, there are two ways:

Method A: To be on the safe side, you can play before and don't have to wait until it expires. After all, there are still many holidays in Britain. Easter or something can be arranged in early April.

Method B: It's a little risky. You can try. You can still arrange your trip from May to June. When you apply for a visa, show them your ticket back to the UK from the European continent and your ticket back to China from the UK (indicating that you will definitely return to China). I heard that someone succeeded, but not every country is so good and not every visa officer is so good. Once you refuse the visa, your visa fee will be wasted.