Schengen visa, (and K-visa query, and some other stuff)

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Re: Schengen visa, (and K-visa query, and some other stuff)

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Spigzy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:20 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:02 pm
Spigzy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:31 am I always used to buy the flight ticket for my wife when applying for Schengen, fully refundable type was the way to go.

@Freightdog as above, the easiest option for sorting Schengen is the German embassy, the French one is just a diabolic mess & busy all the time from my past experience, sometimes even having a waiting time of 6-8 weeks just to get an appointment. German efficiency wins this one hands down, which is ironic as they usually look at the French with their hands up, but anyway I digress ... There are some good 'first stop' point countries that the German embassy covers which should give you options: Germany, Austria, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg or The Netherlands.

My last experience was from here to Italy, then a near immediate departure for France - the immigration dude didn't even blink that we were just hopping through Italy & off we went.
Once was ... When was your last experience with the German Embassy?

Add to that, you can't choose your embassy. According to your travel plans there's one, sometimes two, who should handle the application.

The German embassy barely handles applications these days, they have outsourced the majority at the expense of the applicants.
November 2003, don't tell me even the Germans have become un-German, that'd be a very sad day. You need to choose the Embassy based on the first country of entry, or that's how it was back then, has that changed? The list I posted above was for the German embassy, every other Schengen country was managed by the French. To be fair to the French, I heard good things from French people about the Schengen process with the French embassy, not sure if there is some secret handshake, or croissant exchange we're supposed to know about; nobody else I know had a good experience in nearly 20 years.
2003 is quite some time back..... We last used them last September and it was a pain to have them deal with our visa application, which is straightforward and should be done free of charge as per EU law, but the German embassy tried everything to redirect us to VFS, even when we arrived for the appointment they tried to send us off claiming we didn't have an appointment, which we did. Only after I demanded to speak to the head of the visa section they loosened up and agreed to process the application.
. Ungerman? Yes, but I guess the pressure to lower costs of visa applications is massive.
The chances of having your visa application processed by the German embassy are slim, very slim, if I recall well they only had 12 slots per week last September, often fully booked six or more weeks in advance
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Re: Schengen visa, (and K-visa query, and some other stuff)

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Oopsy big typo - 2023! :D

Ugh, sounds like a horror show again - and somehow that VFS name pops up ...

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Spigzy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:57 pm Oopsy big typo - 2023! :D

Ugh, sounds like a horror show again - and somehow that VFS name pops up ...

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Yes, that's the one they're using now. :whip:
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Thanks

Any suggestion for the medical insurance for a khmer applying for Schengen visa 25 days visit
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