Do I also need to have a Visit Invitation for Any of the schengen territories to apply for a Visa? Kindly let me know this, or I could just apply for a Vacation and I am good?
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Lots of people would like to visit the EEA area to take holiday or to visit family or even to go for longer term visa arrangements in the Schengen zone.  In order to do this, they need a Schengen (or national) visa.  This appears to be a fairly straightforward process, but hints and tips can always be helpful.  Without focusing on any individual's circumstances, what are some helpful hints that can improve the likelihood of a successful application?
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Can I apply for UK standard visit visa from any place in the world? I'm an Egyptian citizen and would like to apply in Germany, France, Japan, etc...
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My friend has applied for a Schengen visa from the Hungarian Embassy. At the first try the visa was rejected due to insufficient travel insurance. When he re-applied again on the 14th June, the visa status currently shows it is still under process in the embassy while his travel date is 17th June which has now already passed.   In such a situation what happens?
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My husband is in UK on a 3-month Business visa. Now I want to apply for a visa to visit him for 7-10 days.  What visa should I apply for?  I don't have a marriage certificate but do have an affidavit to prove we are married. Also the trip will be sponsored by myself. Stay will be at his accommodation currently.  Should I book tickets before the visa, will that make any difference to the decision?
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If, say, you acquired a 90-day tourist Schengen visa, would it be legal to use it for the purpose of visiting a language course or a university class? Or do you have to apply for a special education visa if you have such intents?  Answers linking to official EU pages on that matter would be highly appreciated :)
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Let's say I already have a tourist Schengen visa which will be valid at the time of the conference, so getting another visa is not exactly desirable. I plan to pay for the conference myself and the subject of the conference is connected to my job only indirectly. However since my activity in the country could not be exactly described as a tourism, I'm curious is it really fine?  Also to expand questions further, by quick googling I couldn't find what are exact regulations of what you can and can not do with certain type of Schengen visa (most of my findings are about the requirements of getting the visa), so some useful links would be appreciated.
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I am traveling to Paris staying there for 5 days then flying to Spain and staying there for 10 days.  My understanding is that since Spain is where I am spending most of the time then I should apply for the visa in the spanish embassy.  But how about these fields in my case, How should I fill them? "Member states of destination" &amp; "Member state of first entry"... Should they be "Spain" and "France" respectively?
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I have six-month multiple-entry business Schengen visa, issued by the French Embassy.  I am planing to go to France for business (or work) in June and then come back home, a non-European country.  In July, I want to go to Spain and Italy for holidays.   Can I use this visa for a holiday only (no business during the trip)?   Do I need to enter Europe first through France?
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I will go to France from 17/12/13 – 19/12/13, then I will come back to London. And again I will go back to Portugal and Spain from 26/12/13 to 03/01/14 which I will stay in Spain for the longest period. However, the Spanish consulate told me that I have to request for the visa from the French consulate.  The point is: Do I need to apply for a visa for a single trip two times (from French and Spanish consulate) or a single visa for multiple time (from French consulate).
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I am an Indian citizen living in UK on a tier 2 visa. Recently, I have received Short stay Schengen visas (multiple entry, business trips for 1 year) for travelling to France. (Applied at French embassy Edinburgh)  Unfortunately, the tickets I have provided in my visa application needs to be cancelled as my business trip got cancelled. And I will be travelling for business probably after 4 months.  So, for now, I am planning my first entry to France for tourism purpose.  Is it okay to travel with Short stay Schengen visas (business) for tourism purpose for the very first entry to France?   I am worried because my itinerary provided for visa application is changed now. And moreover it is now for a tourism purpose.
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My friends and I planned to visit Germany, so I got a single entry tourist Schengen visa to Germany. However, my travel plans have changed since then, because my friends are going to Italy instead. I don't have time to apply for a visa to Italy, but I have been told that I can use my Schengen visa to enter Italy. Is that true?
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I have looked it up and the resources all talk about schengen visa, travelling with eu national family member etc. so I would like to get a more assuring answer about my situation:   I am a non-EU national with an Italian residence permit. My father is an Italian citizen. I will be travelling to Sofia and Bucharest next month with my girlfriend who is a British citizen. Do I need to get a visa to enter these two cities?
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I am an Indian student in the UK. If I already had a single entry Schengen visa and I apply again to the French embassy, will I be issued with multiple-entry?  If I get the visa, but due to a problem, I cannot travel on the intended dates(ones I mentioned on visa form) and decide to travel a month later, will it cause a problem when I travel next. And if I dont exactly follow the itenary that I submitted with my visa application?  As far as dates are concerned. I mean this: Suppose my visa is valid for May-August. When I applied for this visa, my itenary and hotel bookings were for June. But now I decide to travel instead in July. Will there be a problem if I did not take the journey for which I initially applied the visa and take a different journey later instead
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I have a visitor UK visa valid until October 2017.  I also want to apply for a Tier 4 student visa. My studies in the UK start in September 2017.  If I apply for the student visa in June, will they simply issue an overlapping student visa, or will they cancel my visitor visa and I will not be able to come to the UK until September?  I am worried because in a similar situation with Schengen visas, my existing visa was canceled.
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I am a British resident and applying for Schengen visa to France. I am preparing my documents for application and as stated they require old passports and previous issued Schengen visa. However I realised I have lost my old expired passport which has my 3 previous (expired) Schengen Visas issued in the past 3 years.   Can I still apply in this case? Will I get rejected?
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I have a type C multiple-entry visa for Latvia from the German consulate and have R/LV written below the remarks of my business visa. The sticker says "SCHENGENER STAATEN".   This is my first Schengen visa and I want to know that can I land in any Schengen state to start my trip? or do I have to land first in Latvia ?  Secondly is there any restriction on me traveling to other Schengen states as I got a 30 days visa.
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I am a non-EU national, permanent UK Resident. Recently, my work issued me with a multiple Schengen visa with Norway as the first (main) point of entry. Now I want to go on holidays to Greece - do I need to apply to Schengen visa again, as Greece is not Norway and I am not going there for work?