Comments on: Applying for European Union Visa http://www.stepbystepdirections.com/world/working-and-living-abroad/applying-for-european-union-visa/ Step By Step Directions and Tutorials on Everything Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tyleracesall http://www.stepbystepdirections.com/world/working-and-living-abroad/applying-for-european-union-visa//comment-page-1#comment-886 tyleracesall Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:52:08 +0000 http://www.stepbystepdirections.com/?p=569#comment-886 It is advisable that you submit the basic requirements weeks earlier before your intended date of travel because the application can take up to two or even three weeks. If you're applying for a Tourist Visa and are paying for your own travel expenses, it is important that you convince them that you have sufficient financial means, hence, you may be required to show your recent bank certificate, a bank book supplemented by a photocopy, your payslips also with a photocopy. They want to make sure that you are able to sustain your stay at the Schengen country you're intending to visit. They will also look for a firm economic bond to your country, which may require you to present a proof of employment and also a certificate of leave of absence approved by your employer. These are essential because they want to make sure that you have enough reason to go back to your country of origin and that you're going to leave that specific EU country before your visa expires. It is advisable that you submit the basic requirements weeks earlier before your intended date of travel because the application can take up to two or even three weeks.
If you’re applying for a Tourist Visa and are paying for your own travel expenses,
it is important that you convince them that you have sufficient financial means, hence, you may be required to show your recent bank certificate, a bank book supplemented by a photocopy, your payslips also with a photocopy. They want to make sure that you are able to sustain your stay at the Schengen country you’re intending to visit.
They will also look for a firm economic bond to your country, which may require you to present a proof of employment and also a certificate of leave of absence approved by your employer. These are essential because they want to make sure that you have enough reason to go back to your country of origin and that you’re going to leave that specific EU country before your visa expires.

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