Justjan: Hmm but the guy from the Poland embassy told us that if we obtain the Poland National Visa, we cannot visit other parts of Europe, eg Germany for more than 5 days.
It's nonsense - the old regulations said that, but as you're from Singapore - you don't need to worry about the 5 days anyway, because you have the right to 90 days in 180 in Schengen anyway.
Justjan: If I travel 30 days out of Poland in Italy then return back to Poland for 65 days then travel to France for 8 days. Will they still consider my days in France as the 90 days? Cause technically, I have only used 30 days for italy out of my 90 days. So will they consider my days in Poland as part of the 90 days too if I have a Poland National visa?
No - it's only counted from when you use it. It's advised to keep with you a record of all your trips, so you can prove how long you've spent in non-Poland Schengen - in your case, you'd be back to 90 days with the trip. Essentially, one day in the zone must be equalled with one day out of the zone (or in a country for which you have a national visa). In your case - you'll have 60 days left, but then as you spend 65 days 'out of zone' - you'll be back to 90 days.
The embassy is quite frankly wrong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area#Schengen_visa
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