20 19 information+Schengen visa application process

If you travel abroad frequently, Bian Xiao suggests that you apply for a Schengen visa. This visa can go to more countries, which meets your needs of going abroad to a greater extent, and you don't have to apply for too many visas yourself.

What is a Schengen visa 1985 15 On June 4th, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed an agreement in the border town of Luxembourg, stipulating that their member countries will issue visas in a unified format for short-term stays, that is, Schengen visas. According to the agreement, tourists can legally visit all other Schengen countries as long as they have a valid visa in one of them.

By the end of 20 13, the number of Schengen member countries has increased to 26: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland.

Tips:

Schengen ≠ EU ≠ Euro.

How to determine which Schengen country to apply for a visa?

1. Choose the Schengen country with the longest stay to apply for a visa.

2. If all Schengen countries have the same stay time, choose the country that entered the country at the first stop to apply for a visa.

For example: France, Germany and Italy for 9 days, France for 2 days, Germany for 4 days, Italy for 3 days, and then Germany.

For example: 9-day tour in France, Germany and Italy, 3 days in France, 3 days in Germany, 3 days in Italy, and then in France.

Determine the type of visa processing According to your real travel purpose, choose the most suitable visa processing type. Generally speaking, there are three kinds of non-immigrant visas: travel, business and visiting relatives/friends.

If you are not sure, you can find an experienced travel agency, who will help you make an assessment of the signing rate, apply for a visa, and sort out the information. This will greatly increase the signing rate.

Prepare visa application materials 1. Necessary materials for everyone.

1.

Original passport+copies of the first five pages of passport+copies of all visa pages stamped with the official seal, valid for at least 6 months after the end of the trip, without damage or stains, with at least two complete and continuous blank pages. If you have an old passport, you need to provide the original+copies of the first five pages+copies of all visa pages stamped with the official seal.

2. Schengen visa application form, truthfully filled in online in English, printed and signed by myself.

3.

Original photo, 1 3.5*4.5cm color ID photo taken in the last 6 months, no re-shooting, no shadow, no bared teeth and no glasses (you can also take photos at the visa center at the cost of 35 yuan /6, and only accept 10 yuan, 20 yuan and 5 yuan banknotes).

4. a copy of the household registration book, which needs the whole book.

5. Copy of ID card, with the front and back copies on 1 A4 paper.

6. Complete flight reservation form, English version, including round-trip flight reservation from China to all Schengen countries.

7. Complete hotel reservation form (optional), English version, including hotel name, telephone number, fax number and stay time in each hotel.

8. Travel itinerary, English version, including the date of stay in France and other Schengen countries, countries, cities, scenic spots and means of transportation.

9.

The insurance policy, in English, covers the actual stay in Schengen, including the expenses for returning to China due to illness or death, first aid and emergency hospitalization expenses, and medical insurance with a minimum amount of 30,000 euros (300,000 RMB).

10.

The original bank savings card statement, printed with the bank's running water for nearly 6 months, is better if it has the words of salary or income in a fixed period of time every month, and the suggested balance is more than 30,000, which needs to be stamped with the official seal of the bank; If the applicant is under 18 years old or unemployed, you can also provide the cash bill of your parents or spouse.

1 1. A copy of the real estate license is only applicable to the applicant and immediate family members, and the original is not required.

Tips:

Immediate family members refer to parents, children, husband and wife, and brothers and sisters are not immediate family members.

Sample map of English air ticket reservation form

Sample map of English hotel reservation form

Sample insurance policy

Second, on-the-job personnel.

1.

Original employment certificate, English version or Chinese version with English translation, indicating company address, telephone number, signature and seal of leader, name and position of leader, position and income of applicant, leave permission, and confirmation of working relationship after returning to China.

2. A copy of the business license must be stamped with the official seal, or the organization code certificate/institution legal person certificate (or similar functional materials).

Work Certificate (left) Copy of Operation Certificate (right)

3. Unemployed or freelancer

1. Income certificate in Chinese and English, detailing personal situation, income source and travel expenses.

2. Married person, spouse's employment certificate (English version)+spouse's original bank statement for the last 6 months+marriage certificate (Chinese and English version, certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Sample notarial certificate

Fourth, retirees.

A copy or original of retirement certificate is required.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) students and preschool children

/kloc-under 0/8 years old or sponsored by parents:

1. One parent's employment certificate, bank statement+birth medical certificate or notarial certificate of kinship (in Chinese and English, 1 original and photocopy, which must be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

2. Copy of student ID card (no need to provide high school education or below)+original school certificate (English version)

3. Minors who do not travel with one or both parents are required to provide notarized travel consent issued by their parents who do not travel with their parents (bilingual, certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

4. If one or both parents travel together, if they have a visa, they must issue a passport home page+a copy of the visa page+an air ticket reservation form containing the names of the applicant and accompanying parents.

6. Business trip

1. Original or copy of English and French invitation letter

-Current address, telephone number, e-mail address and contact name of the inviting company.

-The name, title and signature of the person in charge of the inviting party shall be included.

-The purpose of the trip, the time of stay, the place, the activity schedule, the person responsible for the expenses of the trip, the date of issuance and the official seal of the inviting company shall be clearly stated.

2. The original bank statement of the work unit in the past three months.

Family members for business purposes should apply for tourist visas.

Seven. A trip to visit relatives/friends.

1.

The original invitation letter, in English, must indicate the residence address and contact information of the inviter in France, the purpose of travel, the time of stay in France, the relationship with the applicant and the person who bears the travel expenses, and must be signed by the inviter himself (the content of the invitation letter should be as detailed as possible, which will help reduce the investigation and shorten the acceptance time).

2. Inviter ID card: If you are French, you need a copy of the first page of your passport; If it is China, you need a copy of the first page of your passport plus the French visa page.

3. Visa for visiting relatives: The notarial certificate of English kinship between the applicant and the inviter must be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

4. Visa for visiting relatives and friends: provide original documents and photos that can prove the relationship between the applicant and the inviter's friends.

5. Proof of accommodation:

(1) If the French receptionist provides accommodation, the receptionist must apply to the local municipal government for the original certificate.

② or a copy of the applicant's French real estate license or rental contract.

(3) In other cases, detailed documents shall be provided.

Tips:

All copies must be A4 paper, and materials should not be stapled.

Visa Center Select a visa center.

The Visa Application Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Visa Center") is authorized by the French Embassy, and it is the place where you submit application documents and enter biometric data (fingerprints). The visa results are decided by French visa and immigration officials, and the visa center does not participate in the examination and approval of the visa application results, nor will it have any influence.

French visa centers are located in China 15 cities, namely: Shenyang, Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xi 'an, Wuhan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Kunming, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

France is divided into a collarless area, so you can choose the nearest visa center to submit it.

Tips:

From 20 15, 10, 12, all Schengen visa applicants over the age of 12 must provide biometric data (fingerprints) at the visa center. Biometric data and data in the Schengen visa application form will be recorded in the database and kept for five years. Applicants who successfully obtain a Schengen visa after collecting biometric data are exempt from fingerprints for five years.

There are two ways to submit a French visa:

Submit it in person at the visa center.

(2) Payment by other/travel agencies is only applicable to people who are not allowed to record fingerprints (/kloc-children under 0/2 years old or applicants who have collected fingerprints and successfully obtained a Schengen visa).

Website of French Visa Center:/bjs/splash.php.

The earliest time to apply for a French visa is 3 months before the trip, and the visa processing time should be determined according to your own travel time.

Attention, bees who have been planning to do it themselves. Please read the following carefully. I can only help you here ~

Operation Manual of Visa Center Website

Step 1: First, choose a visa center that is convenient for you to go to. Then you need to register an account, enter your email address, create a login password, click "I agree" and register. After that, you will receive an email, open it and click "I confirm to activate the account".

Step 2, jump to the login page and enter the email address and password you just registered. After logging in, click "New Application" to enter the next step, fill in personal information in English and save it.

Step 3: If the colleagues who apply together continue to "add new applications", if not, go to the next step, click "Confirm All", then click "Download Schengen Application Form", print it out and sign it yourself.

Step four, you can make an appointment. Look at the picture below. Just choose a convenient time to confirm the appointment in blue font ~

Note: For groups with more than 5 people (including 5 people), after confirming to submit the whole group application, contact the customer service of the visa center to make an appointment.

Service hours: 8: 30am-65438+02: 00pm from Monday to Friday, 13: 15-65438+ 06: 30pm (excluding holidays).

The blue font can be kept, but the gray font cannot be kept.

Step 5, print your appointment letter, which will include your appointment time, application number, visa fee, etc.

To change or cancel the reservation time, you need to call the customer service telephone number of the visa center: +86(02 1)60 168668 or+86 (021) 22218401.

French visa application fee

-/kloc-over 0/2 years old: 60 euros (visa fee, equivalent to RMB about 480 yuan) +236 yuan (visa center service fee).

-6- 12 years old: 35 euros (visa fee, equivalent to RMB about 280 yuan) +236 yuan (visa center service fee).

-Under 6 years old: free of charge.

Optional service fee for visa center

-Express fee -60 yuan/person (Beijing), 90 yuan/person (other Chinese mainland areas except Beijing).

-Photo -35 yuan/sheet (only banknotes with face value of 10 yuan, 20 yuan and 5 yuan are accepted).

-Copying fee-1 yuan/page

-VIP service -250 yuan/person (you don't need to queue up, you can choose this service to enter the visa center directly if you don't want to queue up or miss the appointment time).

-Special time reservation on Saturday -250 yuan/person (opening hours are 9: 00 am-65438+02: 00 am on Saturday, advance reservation is still required, and it is limited to Beishangguang).

mode of payment

cash

-Debit card (UnionPay card only)

-Credit card (UnionPay card only)

-Mobile payment, which can be used in all centers in China.

Tips:

The specific amount of visa fees will fluctuate according to the monthly exchange rate, and all fees need to be collected when submitting the application. Once the application is submitted at the visa center, all fees will not be refunded.

After submitting the application at the visa center, the application materials will be transferred to the French embassy (consulate) in China. The processing time of embassies and consulates is generally 3-5 working days. If the embassy requests additional information during this period, the visa processing time will be extended.

In the process of acceptance, the embassy may have the possibility of telephone investigation. Don't be nervous, just answer truthfully according to the submitted materials.

Inquire about visa progress

Open the website of the French Visa Center, log in to the account registered when filling out the form, and you can check the progress of visa processing.

Website of French Visa Center:/bjs/splash.php.

Mail by EMS at the visa center where the passport is collected: the fee is 60 yuan/person (Beijing) and 90 yuan/person (other Chinese mainland areas except Beijing), and it will be paid when the materials are submitted, and the fee will be collected by the official visa center.

Pick-up at the Visa Center: When receiving the SMS notification or the inquiry result shows that "Your passport has been returned to the Visa Center from embassies and consulates in China", the representative can go to the Visa Center to pick it up. You must bring the original visa application proofreading form and the original and copy of the applicant's ID card to the visa center for collection. The collection time is from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays.

On behalf of others/travel agencies: you must bring the original visa application proofreading form, the power of attorney of the applicant's passport or ID card copy, and the original and copy of the trustee's passport or ID card to the visa center for collection. The collection time is from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays.

-If the minor's passport is taken away, a copy of the kinship certificate between the minor and the legal guardian who signed and authorized the passport to be taken away.

Tips:

If you don't get your passport within 3 months after returning to the French visa center from the French embassy or consulate, the French visa center will hand it over to the relevant French consulate.

If you apply by yourself, you need to prepare air tickets, hotels, notarization, insurance, etc. Why waste time? Let me help you. And you only need to do two things: 1. Prepare simple information. 2. Go to the visa center to record fingerprints.

12 It is easier for friends who have taken fingerprints and have Schengen visas. Just get the information ready and mail it to me, and then wait at home ~ ~