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Processing time for Schengen visa for travel to Germany reduced to 8 weeks
The processing time for Schengen visa for travelling to Germany has been brought down to eight weeks and efforts are on to reduce it further, Georg Enzweiler, Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy here, said Wednesday. "Visa is an important issue. We are striving to get better with application times. The thing is, we would like to change it from today to tomorrow but bureaucracy takes its toll. We are working on that through various means. We have increased our staff substantially in Mumbai and I think the waiting time has substantially gone down. "We are at roughly eight weeks now. We hope to get better with regard to that because of course it is what we want. We don't want to invite you here to promote tourism of Indians to Germany and then ask them apply for a visa three years in advance then you'll have a good chance," Georg Enzweiler said in response to a question at a press conference here. A Schengen visa is a short-stay (up to 90 days) visa that allows a person to ...
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What is visa shopping and here's why one should avoid this practice
With a limited supply of appointments, tourists applying for Schengen visas are often tempted to apply for countries wherever appointments are available
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France preferred destination for Indians, sees max visa rejections: Report
At 20.12%, France has the highest visa rejection rate and 27,681 applications were rejected, the report suggests. It was followed by Spain with 18.5% or 14,852 visas rejected
Schengen area welcomes Croatia, but leaves Bulgaria and Romania out
Croatia will become the 27th member state in the visa-free Schengen area from January 1, 2023, EU officials announced
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Germany announces relaxation in its Schengen visa rules for Indians
The embassy made it clear that the relaxations do not apply to applications for national visa (D-visa category) such as student, employment or family reunion visas
In peak tourist season, the queue for visas is getting impossibly long
Due to visa processing delays the representatives of travel agents plan to write to foreign embassies to highlight the problem
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Indians without Schengen visa can't fly to UK on EU airlines
The EU rule does not apply for Switzerland as it is not a member of the Union
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After UK, Schengen states may soon offer super priority visa in India
Schengen super priority visa (SPV) service promises to charge much lower than the UK's visa fees