I was refused a Schengen tourist Visa based on the following two reasons   The information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable Your intention to leave the territory of the member states before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained.   Refusal received on: 3/7/17 Travel date: 12/8/17 Planned date to reapply: Immediately  Here are the highlights of my application which I find suspicious for the rejection.   •    I am travelling with a friend and has mentioned the same in the covering letter •    We applied for German Visa through Chennai VFS •    My friend has mentioned the that he’s travelling with me in his covering letter •    We both had mentioned that we’re meeting a common Indian friend in Germany who’s working for a German company, we gave his passport copy along with both of our applications. We also mentioned that he would accompany us on the trip •    We both booked real tickets, round trip from Chennai to Munich and produced the same along with applications •    Hotel bookings for the entire stay were done in my friend’s name at booking.com and I mentioned in my covering letter that booking is in his name •    We both had bank balance of around Rs. 200,000 and submitted the bank statement •    I am a proprietor of a company and he works for a company   Here are my Questions   •    Should I not mention my friend’s name whom I am travelling with in the covering letter even though if I am traveling with him? •    Should I change the country of days spent more and apply though another Schengen state? •    Should I not mention our common Indian German friend in the covering letter? •    Should we do separate hotel bookings in which I get my name on the booking and he gets his own? •    Shall I re apply immediately? Shall we change the itinerary, whole plan and apply again? is it advisable?
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Schengen refusal formulae can be difficult to understand sometimes.  Sometimes an applicant receives a refusal with:       Justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable.     often accompanied by:       Your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa applied for could not be ascertained.   What is meant by this refusal reason?  What are they trying to say?
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I am 23, female, Indian, about to travel to Paris for a conference for 4 days. I am currently unemployed, but was employed until last month. I will be applying for a Schengen visa. Do you think it will be okay to write in the application that I am still employed, since I did get my salary until last month, so the documentation is good. Do the Schengen visa officers check the employment status for everyone? I think lying is never a good option, but I also think if I show that I am just unemployed last month and apply for a visa, they might think I am not planning to return.  In reality, I resigned to study seriously for exams that will allow me higher education in India, but I don't have an admit yet, and I go to a coaching institute during weekends (I started going in February). But saying that I had this thought of resigning exactly before going to Paris sounds fishy I think.  What should I do? My bank account has salary from my employer until a week ago, so just to reiterate, the documents seem perfect if I state that I'm still employed.  I have travelled for conferences before in the past to Schengen countries as well as the UK and the US, only the US visa is valid at the moment.
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I've been refused a Visitor visa for UK twice back-to-back because I haven't provided enough evidence of my personal circumstances. Some of my background: My nationality is Albanian but I've been living in Greece for the last 10 years, after moving from my home country, Albania, when I was about 10 years old. I lived there with my grandparents whereas now in Greece I live with my parents who support me economically, as I'm still a student. I have been invited for an interview at a software development agency in London. The company is going to cover my travelling and accommodation costs. The documents I've submitted are:  Birth certificate Family certificate House rent agreement Studies certificate My bank statement My father's bank statement My parents' work contracts A letter from the company stating they're inviting me to London for an interview at their offices and they will cover the costs of my accommodation and flights.  The refusal letters says:  &quot;I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet the requirements of paragraph(s) V4.2 (a) &amp; 4.2(e) of appendix V: Immigration Rules for Visitors because: I recognise that you are sponsored by XXX but I must take into consideration your personal circumstances in your country of residence when assessing your application. The onus is on applicants to demonstrate that they meet the requirements of the relevant rules and that the statements made in the application are true. You have submitted two bank certificates from xxx Bank showing balances of xxx EUR and xxx EUR but these are not full statements showing transactions and I am not satisfied as to the origin of the funds. I am not therefore satisfied that the funds are yours and available for your use. Given the above, I am not satisfied you are a genuine visitor who will leave the UK at the end of your visit. Your application has therefore been refused under paragraph V4.2(a). As I am not satisfied as to your financial status I am not satisfied that you have sufficient funds to cover costs without working or accessing public funds. Your application has therefore been refused under paragraph V4.2(e).&quot;  I get that I have to show transaction history for the bank statements to be valid, but I'm not sure what other documents to provide that prove my personal circumstances?
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I made the hotel reservations in Spain and the Netherlands, I received the visa. I recently found a better deal on internet, in that case can I cancel the booking I presented in the Itinerary provided for visa and are the hotels in the Netherlands and Spain liable to inform embassy in case of hotel booking cancellation ?
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I am holding an Indian passport. I have a multi-entry Schengen visa which is valid for 6 months. I am planning to travel in mid Feb to Spain (on a business trip) via Netherlands for a week. On my way back I am planning to stay in the Netherlands for 4 days as a tourist. Do I need to apply for a tourist visa or can I use the Schengen visa which I applied for Spain?
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I applied for a UK visitor's visa. My friend sent me an invite to spend a month with her with a letter stating she would would pay for my accommodation and food. She provided her salary slip, bank statement and a copy of her British passport. The exact wording from the refusal letter:   You have stated that you are employed by x company and earns 35000 INR (£350 at the Onada rate of exchange) per month of which you state that you spend 20000 INR (£200) on living costs leaving difference of 15000 INR (£150)per month.  You state that you have no investment income.  You state that the personal cost to you of the proposed visit is £500 and this amount is equal to about half what you have in your account or three months savings.  With brief intervals back in India you were in the UK from 1/09/09 until 14/08/14. You do not appear to have travelled elsewhere .   4.your bank statement shows a balance of 101135 INR (£1013) on 1/7 with additionvof your salary.  You state that your brother and your friend and sponsor ms. Y will pay £1500 towards the cost of your visit.  You have not provided any evidence regarding your brother's finance anr his willingness to provide you money for a holiday,  besides what i take to be his bank statement showing a balance of 16803 INR(£168) 1/7.  In view of the above,  i am not satisfied that yiu are a genuine visitor who: A.  Will leave the UK at tge end od the visit B.  Will noy live in the uk for extended periods through frequent or successive visits,  or make the UK your main home C.  Is Genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is permitted by the visitors routes (these are listed i  appendices 3,4 and 5) D. Will not undertake any prohibited activities set un v 4.5- v 4.10   My intention is just to go there for a month, spend some time with my friends and meet the people I took care of while working in a care home there.  How do I prove that I will return?  I am working full time. I get paid well with bonuses and am paid by the company for a holiday once a year. Can anyone suggest what should I do and what sort of documents to submit if I reapply? Is there any chance if I reapply? I live with my parents. My father works in government service. Is it a good idea to buy  return flight?
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I have had a working holiday visa before and I am applying again, do I say yes to this question or no. I have to explain if I say yes
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Schengen refusal formulae can be difficult to understand sometimes.    When an applicant receives a refusal with "Justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not provided", what does it mean?
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I applied for a standard visitor visa to the UK for seven days. I earn £278/month and have been working at the same organization for more than a year. I have saved up enough funds for the trip and I attached bank statements to prove it. The ECO refused my visa stating:      I note that you stated that your trip to the UK will cost you £1100, this is approximately 4 times your monthly income. I do not find it credible that you spend this amount on a trip.   I am a single woman, with no financial responsibilities and I saved up for this trip because I really wanted to visit the UK.  How do I prove to the ECO and the authorities that spending £1,100 for my trip wouldn't have caused me any financial harm neither would I have had to access UK government funds?    Another concern of mine is that if I reapply without the partial funding of my father or get sponsored by a different person, does the amount given by my father previously cause hindrance in my visa application?  Won't they still reject it on the basis of my pay being too insignificant?
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I'm an Indian National. I have a Type C Schengen Business Visa which is valid from 26-11-2015 to 26-11-2020. I received it when I intended to travel to Netherlands, although I have not used it.   When I applied for a spouse endorsement, the passport on which the visa is stamped was cancelled and a new passport was issued.  Now, I plan to travel to Italy on business from July 8th to 16th.    Can travel with the same visa in old passport, or should I cancel the existing visa and apply for a new one?  I contacted the Netherlands Embassy call center (not VFS Netherlands) which responded that I can use it without any issues. However, they have not confirmed it by email.   I asked about any immigration issues in Italy and was told me that, if I have a valid itinerary and invitation letter from the office, there should be no problem. I was also told that Italian immigration authorities are able to contact the Dutch, if necessary.   I emailed the Italian Embassy in Mumbai (visa.mumbai@esteri.it) and await its response.
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I miscalculated the number of days I would be in the Schengen region for a conference, and was fined 110 euros for overstaying by a day. Will I be refused a Schengen visa in future on account of this? I am an Indian national and was traveling on a business visa.
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I really appreciate your quick response on this and to have full review on my refusal decision.. like u said there must be some para missing i checked the letter again, my question too the letter is all the same just i missed the point he noted ""furthermore there are large transfer and cash deposits which are 6 times your claimed salary (amount) on the 23/02/2015 and on the 15/05/2015 a cash deposit for (1,006)pounds" so the small amount of deposit were the available cash we just deposit this to our saving account as we have two accounts how to verify this? what reason should be mentioned to them that we did'not present the supported documents to declare it.  As per your review we have all of the evidences ( Death Certificate, the Cheque receipt Voucher, Copy ob Bank Cheque from the Company, Power of Attorney to my husband by his legal guardian as a trustee of what his father left, and transfer permission from the ministry that he can hold his mother and sister sponsorship as they are currently living with us in KSA) are with us in Arabic form and we translated in English with the stamp of certified translator.. do we need at attest this from chamber of commerce?  "But it would be advisable to request a different ECO for your next application. They will do this without prejudice if you ask them to; plus an ECM will review the decision if it is adverse to you." how to claim for this in our future application if u can it would b very helpful for us.  the booking we submitted was ticket bookings it was mention in the guidance of required documents. for future application all of the personal circumstances are the same except the amount for the cost of trip we mentioned earlier my husband by mistakenly mentioned the whole family trip cost including (Plane ticket, living expenses and the money) he have for this trip instead of his personally. can we change it in each application the cost belongs to personally, It may make a wild change as compare to previous application. does it going to effect on the decision for the future application. We already submitted Invitation letter (original) from the family members in UK. Do we submit this time the copy of invitation letter because they already have the original one.
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I'm from Tunisia and I got a Schengen visa from the Austrian Embassy for  28 days, the “duration of stay”, and the number of entries is 1. But the validity of the visa is from 02/08/2015 to 13/09/2015.  Do I have to stay only 28 days, for example from 02/08/2015 to 29/08/2015 or can I stay there until 12/09/2015 ?  And if I have got to stay only 28 days, then can I choose the days of stay, that's mean can I stay in Austria for example from 09/08/2015 to 05/09/2015?
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I'm married have a job with stable income.I have 2 kids. I have applied for UK visit visa about 7 years ago and was refused. I can't remember what exactly was the reason for refusal.  I want to travel for tourism to spend 9 days and my budget is around 1300GBP for the trip. I would be spending part of my annual leave in the UK. I have the following people in UK: Mother, Dad, Sister(she's married), Brother (married), Uncle and Aunt.  I'm travelling alone since my wife is pregnant. I haven't travelled since I was in school then.  I will be on my yearly 21 days annual leave during which I will be spending 9days in UK. I can't think of anything more about my circumstance.  So what should a cover letter look like?  secondly I have just 1 account where my salary is paid in monthly and my savings.I will be submitting the 6 months bank statement for the account.  Additional question:  In the income &amp; expenditure where one is asked to indicate if I have income and savings,should I click Yes or No. And if Yes should state the ending balance as at the time of my application.
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When certain nationalities of people want to travel in the Schengen zone, they are required to apply for a Schengen visa. This is a straight-forward process for most, but when an applicant has had problems with removals or refusals they may be reluctant to apply because they want to avoid the complexities of serial visa refusals. This reluctance may lead some into wondering how their history can be expunged, and this line of thought inevitably leads to the idea of getting their passport replaced with a new one.  This sounds like a great formula for people who have had prior refusals or removals.  In essence they can become 'reincarnated' as a first-time traveller and hence avoid the unpleasantness of revealing their prior interactions with the Schengen authorities.  The relevant parts of the application form are shown here...    Nothing asks about a prior removal or refusal, and the applicant is left with simple denials for 3 questions in order to present themselves as a first-time traveller.  Assuming the person is happy to set aside the moral issues associated with denying their history, are there any holes to this strategy?  This question is scoped to Schengen visa applications so that it will not be unmanageably broad, but answers from other regimes (particularly the affluent Commonwealth and the USA) are acceptable as long as the main points are relatively consistent with Schengen.
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I filled out a form early November to get a Swiss visa (applying in Singapore but not Singaporean) with my travel dates as 19.12.2017 to 02.01.2018. The first available appointment was on the 1st of December and I took it. During the time in between, my travel dates changed to one week later (both arrival and departure). Now, my travel itinerary and supporting documents all have different dates from the dates on the form. What do I do?  I can fill out a new form with the right dates without paying any fees but the online ID on that form will be different.   As mentioned in the comments, I haven't got my visa yet - the interview is tomorrow.
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I applied for a Schengen visa 2 years ago and got it, but the visa was revoked because I tried to travel to another Schengen country, which I wasn't allowed to due to the limitations on my Schengen visa.  I was giving some days to vacate the country, which I did. I wasn't deported – it's a voluntary departure – but the earlier visa given was canceled.   Since my earlier circumstance has changed, can I re-apply for a new Schengen visa and this time?  Or am I going to be refused because of my earlier visa revocation, which I still have on my passport?  I am only visiting the country that is going to issue the Schengen visa. The earlier visa was issued by the Latvian embassy; now I intend to travel to Estonia as a tourist again.