The Schengen visa application
Travelers need the necessary visa document when they travel to Schengen countries. There are always requirements that have to be adhered to when one applies for a visa, the requirements of a Schengen visa 2021, are that the applicant has to provide the necessary visa application supporting documents, and then they have to fill out the visa application form. Then they should attend an interview, at the visa application center or the embassy of the country that they will be travelling to. The Schengen visa application 2021 can be processed in a period in a period of two days to three weeks, depending on the foreign country consulate.
Where and how to carry out the Schengen visa application
The Schengen visa application 2021 depends on how your overseas trip is outlined. If you will be travelling to only one of the Schengen countries, you will have to apply for visa at the embassy of the country that you will be travelling to and if you will be travelling to more than one of the Schengen countries, then you will have undertake the Schengen visa application 2021 at the country that you will be spending most of your time in. In a case whereby you will be spending equal time in each of the Schengen countries, you will then have to apply for visa at the first country that you are planning to visit. Numerous countries have subcontracted the visa application process from outer service providers like VFS Global, Visalink and Capago. Even though this is the case, the visa applicant has to visit the outer service providers’ offices for Biometrics purposes, if they have not done it before.
Travelers need Schengen visa when they travel to the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lietchenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Schengen visa application 2021-Transit Visa
If you are interchanging through the Schengen region and you need to change at more than one airport or you have to leave the airport in order to get a connecting flight at another airport in or around the Schengen region, you will have undertake a regular Schengen visa application 2021. If you will be visiting countries that are outside the Schengen region, you will have to apply for a separate visa for those countries, before you do a Schengen visa application.
Like any other travelers, South Africans are expected to have a Schengen visa to enter any European country that is in the Schengen region, yet there are certain people who reside in South Africa, that are excepted from the visa requirements which are:
- Individuals who have a South African passport and dual citizenship, one of the passport being South African passport and the other being of one of the countries that have a visa-free policy with the Schengen region. These individuals will have to travel with their Schengen visa except country passport.
- Foreigners who are originally from one of the Schengen countries or from one of the nation states that falls under the visa free policy with the Schengen countries, which are currently based in South Africa.
- Individuals who have a South African passport and dual citizenship , one of the passport being of a South African passport and the other being of one of the Schengen region countries. In this case, the travelers will travel with their European passports.
Schengen visa application 2021 made simple
European countries have made Schengen visa application 2021 simple by, establishing visa application centers, consulates, and embassies in South Africa, which are the centers that the travelers use to apply for Schengen or any other European countries visa in South Africa.
The following individuals will be allowed to carry out Schengen visa application at the European countries Visa Application Centers, embassies, and consulates in South Africa:
- South African passport holders.
- Third country citizens, who are expected to apply for a Schengen visa.
- Third country citizens who are based in South Africa under a temporary or permanent residence permit, who are required to apply for a Schengen visa.
The requirements of a Schengen visa application 2021
- The applicant has to fill the visa application form, they have to print two copies of the application forms and sign both forms.
- The applicant has to provide a travelling passport or any other travel document.
- They have to provide a photo that was taken in less than three months, before the date of departure.
- They have to provide proof of residence from their country of departure.
- They have to provide proof that they have purchased a travel health insurance, which will be able to cover the whole of the traveler’s trips in the Schengen region, in case the traveler gets involved in an accident, falls ill, also in order for the applicant to be sent back securely to their country, in case of death, with coverage of 30 000.00 Euros.
- The applicant has to provide a document that will serve as proof of sustenance, to show that they will be able to support themselves financially while they are in any of the Schengen countries.
- The applicant has to provide proof of accommodation in a form of a document.
- They will have to submit the trip’s flight itinerary, from the country of departure to the destination, and those of the internal flights if there will be any, with their tickets.
- They have to provide a cover letter that outlines in details, the reasons why they wish to travel to the Schengen region, what the trip is about and they should state the trip’s time span.
In sum, South African travelers have it easier when it comes to travelling the world, as they get to travel to some countries visa-free, although this is not the case with Schengen Visa. European capitals are amidst the top main travel destinations that the South African travelers travel to. The South African travelers seem to enjoy their stay in the Schengen region, as the South African country made it to the top 15 of the countries whose residents filed for a short stay Schengen visa application at the Schengen embassies. South Africans submitted over R200 000.00 visa applications, during the past year.
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