schengen visa

[stevewool]

i thought the flr was a pain but i cannot even get in touch with a embassey to make a appointment, i have just rang a agencie and they want £150+ vat and then the price of 68 euros, but i am sure we can do it ourselves, what i am looking for is a visa for spain or france and what do i have to do , please please help its doing my head in

[subseastu]

Know what you mean about the french visa, its a total nightmare. Even more so for us that live in the heart of the country!!! The spainish one I believe is easier as there is a consolute office in mancester. I'm a little sketchy as its a while since I look into it but its just a matter of phoning up to book your appointment. When you go have proff of your flight, hotel staying etc, maybe even a bank statement to show your not going to be a drain on their resources and utility bill to prove your uk address. Of course you'll need the wife and her passport as well!

From what I read off the embassy website, just rock up at the consol office, you can go in with her, thay take the passport and post it back to you in 2-3 weeks I believe. It sounded so much easier than the french one to me but of course go onto the spainish embassy website and have a look. The dutch embassy as well is supposed to pretty easy.

All you have to do is enter into the country of issue and then you can travel to other countries. So fly into spain and finish your trip with a long weekend in paris. That was what i was going to do with my missus.

[stevewool]

yep thats what i read but the further you dig the more answers you get, if she is your wife then you dont need to show them any documents , insurance , hotel booking, travel booking and so on , then the next says you do, it seems i cant get the visa first then book a cheap holiday, seems i book the holiday then pray i get the visa, seems daft to me

[Dedworth]

It's all here for Spain

http://es.vfsglobal.co.uk/

[subseastu]

yep thats what i read but the further you dig the more answers you get, if she is your wife then you dont need to show them any documents , insurance , hotel booking, travel booking and so on , then the next says you do, it seems i cant get the visa first then book a cheap holiday, seems i book the holiday then pray i get the visa, seems daft to me

Yeah seems a backwards way of doing it, to book your holiday then hope that you get the visa. Personally I'd take all the paper work anyway just incase.

[Terpe]

i thought the flr was a pain but i cannot even get in touch with a embassey to make a appointment, i have just rang a agencie and they want £150+ vat and then the price of 68 euros, but i am sure we can do it ourselves, what i am looking for is a visa for spain or france and what do i have to do , please please help its doing my head in

Steve, unless the regulations have changed a lot, DO NOT use an agency. They cannot help you. A Philippine passport holder MUST apply in person. Period.

I know it was quite long ago, but we booked our appointment on the website for French Consulate. I recall about
3 weeks waiting time.

[stevewool]

It's all here for Spain

http://es.vfsglobal.co.uk/

thanks dedworth, but i live in derbyshire and i have to go to manchester and thats where the trouble starts, there is no web sight like the one here and i have gone through all the site, you can call manchester at £1 a minute, if i was below derbyshire this site you said is fantastic, hey ho must press on or its skeggie

[subseastu]

Nowt like a trip to skeggie on a a winters day!! I remember going there with my folks as kids and walking up the ramp to the beach and nearly getting my head blown clean off by the wind!!! Am I right in saying thats the closest point of coast to us Steve?

http://www.theschengenoffice.com/spain_embassy.html

Just read a bit of info from this website and amazingly as I live in leicestershire I have to go to london but as your in derby about 10 or so miles away you can go to mancester. Bugger!!

[Bluebirdjones]

We found the French application system pretty straight forward. You fill in the dets online, and you get an appointment time.

You turn up at alloted time, 30-45mins later all done, then you return in 2 weeks to collect your visa (or get it posted to you).

Granted we live near London, so for us no problems with travelling, time off etc etc.

Why not go to Morocco ?
No visa required
http://www.moroccanembassylondon.org.uk/en/viisa.html
RyanAir doing some flights in April for under £80 return

[DaveyWallis]

Hi Steve, if you'd consider Germany instead of France or Spain you can get the Schengen visa by post. The only cost is the registered post to the German embassy and the return of the docs back to you.

You need the address of where you are planning to stay but that is about it. You could spend a day or so in Germany and then travel to France if you wanted.

From East Mids airport you could fly to Berlin, Cologne or Munich, or for more destinations (closer to the French border) you could travel a little further and fly from Birmingham.

[sparky]

found this on a google search

http://www.schengenvisa.cc/index.html

seems good info without having to use their service

[Arthur Little]

you can call manchester at £1 a minute

Bugger that, Steve! Try calling 0161~236~1233 ... which is a landline telephone number I came across for the Spanish Consulate in Manchester.

[Dedworth]

Bugger that, Steve! Try calling 0161~236~1233 ... which is a landline telephone number I came across for the Spanish Consulate in Manchester.

Slightly off topic - I loath these contribute to their profits chargeable numbers and always check them out though http://www.saynoto0870.com/search.php to try and obtain an equivalent geographical number - VFS Comes up with 020 7811 3976

[Terpe]

Slightly off topic - I loath these contribute to their profits chargeable numbers and always check them out though http://www.saynoto0870.com/search.php to try and obtain an equivalent geographical number - VFS Comes up with 020 7811 3976

OooooH, thanks Dedworth. I checked that website out. Really useful. I didn't know about that. Cheers

[Arthur Little]

Slightly off topic - I *loath these contribute to their profits chargeable numbers and always check them out though http://www.saynoto0870.com/search.php to try and obtain an equivalent geographical number -

*Likewise! Which is why I suggested the geographical number above ... however, presumably 020 7811 3976 is also a non-premium rate landline - albeit for VFS?

[stevewool]

thanks lads i will try them next week and then take my em to europe i hope, i think skeggie is the nearest seaside to us subseastu but i like north wales quicker to get too with the motorways too

[Terpe]

Porthmadog is very nice Steve.

Or Berlin followed by Barcelona then Paris and finally London