The National Council’s Commission for Security Policy has stated that it is in favor of Switzerland joining the European fund for border control and visa regulations. This decision was approved by the Swiss Parliament with a vote of 15 in favor. The committee clarified that Switzerland’s goal in contributing to [...]
In order to improve border security, the Federal Council intends to contribute €300 million to the Schengen Funds. Switzerland will receive roughly CHF 50 million as part of this plan from the fund to assist domestic measures. An official statement from the Federal Council’s fund for national initiatives served as [...]
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 [...]