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Who has recently experience to apply for a schengenvisa? Soon I fly back to the Netherlands, and I wanna take my gf with me. I can go to the German embassy?? Whicy documents they need? Family book, insurance? Invitation letter, booked flight tickets, a reason she go back Cambodia. Which more?
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Hi, check the info online at the website of the German embassy, it's pretty extensive:bartderks wrote:Who has recently experience to apply for a schengenvisa? Soon I fly back to the Netherlands, and I wanna take my gf with me. I can go to the German embassy?? Whicy documents they need? Family book, insurance? Invitation letter, booked flight tickets, a reason she go back Cambodia. Which more?
Thanks
http://www.phnom-penh.diplo.de/Vertretu ... Seite.html
Out of my head she needs:
Filled in application form
Birth certificate + accepted translation (MOF or Pyramid)
Family book + accepted translation
Flight reservation (no booking needed)
Standard Schengen medical insurance for the full stay
Documentary proof of reason to travel (I always use an invitation letter written by me)
Documentary proof of means of subsistence (Bank book in here name with sufficient funds, hotel booking, stuff like that)
Details to proof she will come back (usually the hardest)
Two photos made according to the guidelines
Copies of all those documents except application form
The visa fee, although most applicants do not get to that because you only pay if your documents are complete and the application will be processed. Most applicants I've seen were rejected because something was wrong / missing so they never came to this final step.
Don't count on the fact the visa will be granted. We went through the process many times and usually see more sad faces than happy faces.
You (partner) can not go to the embassy to back her up, in fact, you will not be allowed in (unless your girlfriend has been granted a few Schengen visa before, in which case you can do the application for her), only she will be allowed in to meet the staff. All you can do is prepare some documents and give it to her, together with your passport and a copy of it to proof you back up her application.
First time application is the most difficult, once she's been granted a (few) visa and used it according to the guidelines they loosen up a bit at the German embassy, but the first time application is far from fun, according to our experience. A photo that's too big, or too small, missing copies of documents (if they're busy, if it's quiet they're willing to make a copy for you for one USD), a missing translation, a missing document, these are all reasons to send you back home an make you apply again next time - so make sure all the documents are well prepared and complete.
I don't know how 'soon' you want to go, but she can apply for a visa from 3 months to 15 days before the intended day of departure.
This is by far the most crucial as over 90% of first time applications where all the rest is in order are rejected for that criteria alone. They must be convinced that she'll come back and need solid evidence as they will absolutely not take her/your good word for it.Details to proof she will come back (usually the hardest)
A job where she earns a "high" $500 salary isn't going to cut it. Dependants like kids who remain in country , ownership titles, the fact that you yourself as her documented bf/hubby have compelling reasons to come back, can be part of that process.
I believe the same reasoning applies for tourist visas to the US.
She has 4 landplots on her name ( 3 Riceland and 1 plot on the street). In these months rice is not growing so not many things to do in province, her parents has ricemachine + riceland. Ideal period to go holiday 3 months with her boyfriend. I must renew my passport in Holland, in meanwhile we let buy bungalows on her plot land to start a business when we return. I arrange mine business visa and workpermit when we return and open the business.
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Make sure you get as many of the documents you might need, make an appointment well in advance at the german embassy, and hope for the best.
The way I understand things is that the German embassy will make the decision on the visa application, that is, as long as it is a straight forward application, they will make the decision, and grant the visa. (pretty easy for the second time around, then usually no more interview)
If things are not clear cut (read, they do not want to issue a visa), they will forward it to the regional support office (RSO) at the Dutch embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and let them look at it again.
This is not a good thing, in my dealings with the German embassy I can only say that they are efficient and their information seems correct. But the RSO in KL is the opposite, when I saw some of the internal IND papers from a failed visa application, it was riddled with stupid mistakes.
perhaps you can get your family/parents in the Netherlands to get her an official "garantstelling" at the cityhall (gemeentehuis), unless your girlfriend has enough money to pay for 3 months of hotel costs.
good luck
The way I understand things is that the German embassy will make the decision on the visa application, that is, as long as it is a straight forward application, they will make the decision, and grant the visa. (pretty easy for the second time around, then usually no more interview)
If things are not clear cut (read, they do not want to issue a visa), they will forward it to the regional support office (RSO) at the Dutch embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and let them look at it again.
This is not a good thing, in my dealings with the German embassy I can only say that they are efficient and their information seems correct. But the RSO in KL is the opposite, when I saw some of the internal IND papers from a failed visa application, it was riddled with stupid mistakes.
perhaps you can get your family/parents in the Netherlands to get her an official "garantstelling" at the cityhall (gemeentehuis), unless your girlfriend has enough money to pay for 3 months of hotel costs.
good luck
As you are a EEA citizen you can invoke the Free Movement Directive (2004/38EC), if you can prove that your 'gf' is your domestic partner. This will result in a much expedited visa process, and minimum paperwork (passports, proof of 'direct family' relationship with the applicant, Schengen visa application form, two conform passport photographs, ONLY). In this case, the visa is free. If the application is processed via the German Embassy, only the applicant will be allowed in the embassy (this is a sticky point and is actually against the general scope of the Free Movement Directive). The Free Movement Directive cannot be in support of an application if the spouse of the applicant is returning/travelling to his/her Schengen Zone home country (i.e. 'no movement').bartderks wrote: Who has recently experience to apply for a schengenvisa? Soon I fly back to the Netherlands, and I wanna take my gf with me. I can go to the German embassy?? Whicy documents they need? Family book, insurance? Invitation letter, booked flight tickets, a reason she go back Cambodia. Which more?
Learn to read Froggy. He is. She definitely isn't.froggy wrote:As you are a EEA citizen you can invoke the Free Movement Directive (2004/38EC),
My wife (Khmer) got a schengen visa in 2014, so about 2 years ago, from the French embassy. The French embassy in Phnom Penh handles things for any schengen country without an embassy in Cambodia. She went once, brought all her required documents, which was everything on the list that Kachang posted except the medical exam (maybe this is new?) and went back about 3 weeks later to pick up the visa. She said they were very friendly and didn't give her any hassle. The two key items seem to be 1) proof that she will be returning to Cambodia, and 2) a financial guarantee from someone with enough money to pay for everything the whole time she is in the EU.
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That's the point of the expedited visa process.logos wrote:Learn to read Froggy. He is. She definitely isn't.froggy wrote:As you are a EEA citizen you can invoke the Free Movement Directive (2004/38EC),
That's interesting to hear. Other reports say the French embassy is far less helpful and accommodating than the German embassy. Which countries did you visit and did you start in France?KPTIC wrote:My wife (Khmer) got a schengen visa in 2014, so about 2 years ago, from the French embassy. The French embassy in Phnom Penh handles things for any schengen country without an embassy in Cambodia. She went once, brought all her required documents, which was everything on the list that Kachang posted except the medical exam (maybe this is new?) and went back about 3 weeks later to pick up the visa. She said they were very friendly and didn't give her any hassle. The two key items seem to be 1) proof that she will be returning to Cambodia, and 2) a financial guarantee from someone with enough money to pay for everything the whole time she is in the EU.
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Logos, once you understand the content of the Free Movement Directive (2004/38EC) maybe you can post a constructive comment.logos wrote:Learn to read Froggy. He is. She definitely isn't.froggy wrote:As you are a EEA citizen you can invoke the Free Movement Directive (2004/38EC),
Medical exam????
it's waiting on her passpor. , I have all the papers + some proofs that she come back. I made a buy and sell contract between of a rice combine, village chief signed it, so she has a rice combine on her name + land + fixed bank deposits + motorbike. I assume this are reasons enough to return to Cambodia
it's waiting on her passpor. , I have all the papers + some proofs that she come back. I made a buy and sell contract between of a rice combine, village chief signed it, so she has a rice combine on her name + land + fixed bank deposits + motorbike. I assume this are reasons enough to return to Cambodia