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I know this, I know this!!brijkalani wrote:I got to visit germany for company work for 3 days in september. But before that i want to visit belgium on my own with friends for 2 days in august. which embassy should i apply? and what visa business or tourist? This would be my first schengen visa and I am keen to get multiple entry as i might need to visit again for work.
I am an indian national on HSMP VISA, still got 10 months before renewal. please help me cos i need to sort out as soon as possible due to queing waiting times for appointment.
Thanks in advance
Come to think of it a WP is daft for three days....Wanderer wrote:I know this, I know this!!brijkalani wrote:I got to visit germany for company work for 3 days in september. But before that i want to visit belgium on my own with friends for 2 days in august. which embassy should i apply? and what visa business or tourist? This would be my first schengen visa and I am keen to get multiple entry as i might need to visit again for work.
I am an indian national on HSMP VISA, still got 10 months before renewal. please help me cos i need to sort out as soon as possible due to queing waiting times for appointment.
Thanks in advance
You need a German Work permit - I dunno what a business visa is for really, either ur working or not - whats the difference? anyway, if you actually working I'm sure u need the WP.
The good news is it's also a schegen visa built in! I know cos we got one!
Bad news is it took AGES to get, like four and half months, Germany bureaucracy is worse than Russian and Indian combined.
A business visa allows entry to the Schengen Zone for business visits but not for work. Of course, there are grey areas here. For example, suppose that a Czech computer programmer got a business visa valid for ninety days within a six months period. He could do a four months contract in Belgium on his business visa, returning home each weekend, without breaking the duration. It would be hard for the iummigration officials to know that he was working and not doing business. Indeed, suppose that the contract allowed him to work just under half of the time at home then, as long as he could get a business visa renewed on a regular basis, there is no real reason why he couldn't work indefinitely on contract within the Schengen Zone. (It does happen!)
Of course, a business visa requires an invitation from a recognised business in the host country.
Wanderer wrote:But:
A business visa allows entry to the Schengen Zone for business visits but not for work. Of course, there are grey areas here. For example, suppose that a Czech computer programmer got a business visa valid for ninety days within a six months period. He could do a four months contract in Belgium on his business visa, returning home each weekend, without breaking the duration. It would be hard for the iummigration officials to know that he was working and not doing business. Indeed, suppose that the contract allowed him to work just under half of the time at home then, as long as he could get a business visa renewed on a regular basis, there is no real reason why he couldn't work indefinitely on contract within the Schengen Zone. (It does happen!)
Of course, a business visa requires an invitation from a recognised business in the host country.
I don't think a work permit is needed: a visitor visa is what is required that enables the holder to attend to business matters (e.g. attend a conference) - this is not normally considered "work" as such.Wanderer wrote:You need a German Work permit - I dunno what a business visa is for really, either ur working or not - whats the difference? anyway, if you actually working I'm sure u need the WP.
From the website of the German embassy in London you can get the requirements for a visitor's visa for Germany. However, as noted above, if you get a visitor's visa for Belgium that allows multiple entry, you will be able to go on your business trip to Germany with that visa. (It is the application for a visitor's visa that requires the additional documentation - a short-stay multiple-entry visitor's visa is valid for business purposes on subsequent trips to the Schengen area, even if not granted for that purpose.)[If you] need a visa that allows you to go to France and other Schengen States for tourism, shopping, business or family visits [you need a short-stay visa].