The consulates in Ankara, Edirne, Istanbul, and Izmir received a total of 120,876 visa applications from Turkish applicants in 2022. Regrettably, the German government turned down a substantial chunk of these requests, representing 39.7 percent or 48,040 applications, making Germany the first nation to reject the most visa requests from [...]
Algerian nationals applied for 239,927 visas in total from French consulates in 2022. A sizeable 64.5 percent of these, or 115,807 applications, were turned down. This result places France as the country that refused the most visa requests from Algerian citizens that year. According to Schengen Statistics, France emerged as [...]
According to local media, three Vietnamese males who attempted to enter Germany using fake passports have been given jail terms of six months. One of them also had to do time in prison for supplying a fake passport. Nguyen Van Hung, 27, was detained while attempting to board an aircraft [...]
The French government has disclosed intentions to hike airline ticket taxes in order to fund critical investments in train infrastructure. As part of an effort to lessen dependency on airplanes, this strategic approach intends to stimulate a shift toward train travel for both local and international journeys. Clément Beaune, France’s [...]
Train services between Oslo S and Eidsvoll, including lines to Oslo Airport, have been suspended due to severe weather conditions. Flights leaving Oslo Airport, on the other hand, have largely been untouched by the weather-related difficulties. According to an Aviation 24 report, travelers affected by these cancellations were left to [...]
The abuse of appointments by middlemen has been brought up once more by Moroccan residents applying for Schengen visas. All available appointment times are reportedly reserved by these middlemen, who subsequently sell them for inflated fees on the black market, effectively preventing legitimate applicants from receiving visas. For Moroccan students [...]
The Swiss Embassy in India has made it clear that it has not stopped scheduling appointments for Indian tour groups to obtain Schengen visas. An embassy representative confirmed that they have a regular schedule of 800 appointments every day, covering 22 groups of tourists, up until the end of September. [...]
Indian nationals had a 13.2% refusal rate on their visa applications, with a total of 13,984 applications being turned down, according to Schengen Statistics. However, 106,025 applications received a positive answer, making the overall issuance rate for Indians 84%. Indians have the 30th-lowest rejection rates among other nations, which suggests [...]
The cancellation of all visa appointment slots nationwide has made applicants for Swiss Schengen tourist and transit visas in the United Kingdom invalid, according to a report from Bleeping Computer. The cancellations were put down to an IT incident at TLSContact, the government’s choice of an IT company to make [...]