That's not a renewal. It's fairly standard for EU countries to require being outside the country to apply for a visa or residence permit when it is your first one, or (in some cases) when changing the type of visa or permit. But renewals never need you to leave.
Japan doesn't require you to leave either.
Visa rules are country specific and don’t apply to the EU in general. There are countries that require you to leave.
Do you have any examples? I expected Schengen to have a common set of requirements regarding visas.
An Irish work holiday visa can only be requested from outside the country and has a maximum validity.
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/workplace-and-skills...
That's not a renewal. It's fairly standard for EU countries to require being outside the country to apply for a visa or residence permit when it is your first one, or (in some cases) when changing the type of visa or permit. But renewals never need you to leave.
An in addition Ireland is not part of Schengen
Ireland is not part of Schengen.
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