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Hi Swish,swish wrote:I applied for mine on the 26th March, going on 7 months now and nothing! We've called twice and all they say is that it hasn't been processed yet. Really concerned as I'm supposed to be traveling early December.
Does anyone have any advice on what to do if I don't get it back by the time I have to leave? I've heard that I'll probably have to get a family permit from the country that I'm coming back from... is this true?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Hi,waitingeea2 wrote:its my 7 months as well.i sent off a complaint letter on monday.lets see wat happens!!!!
Hi Eylemy,eylemy wrote:Hi Swish,swish wrote:I applied for mine on the 26th March, going on 7 months now and nothing! We've called twice and all they say is that it hasn't been processed yet. Really concerned as I'm supposed to be traveling early December.
Does anyone have any advice on what to do if I don't get it back by the time I have to leave? I've heard that I'll probably have to get a family permit from the country that I'm coming back from... is this true?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I am afraid you will have to wait until they finalise.It had that experience. I had to withdraw my first application after 5 months due to urgent travel reasons.First they said I had to get family permit for a year from my country and 3 days after my passport arrived, they sent an immigration document with a Residence Card.Unfortunately i could not travel any other european country once i wanted to get a schengen visa, because they do not like visas stamped out of passports.
My second application was made on 28th of March 2008, still waiting and mine is for transferring my residence card to my new passport , but taking ages.They consider it as new application.
I have sent a letter yesterday, see how they take it!
Hi Swish,swish wrote:So am I correct in saying that there is no way of obtaining a schengen visa with your residence card on an immigration paper? Why is this, do embassy's not consider this a valid form of visa or is it that they just refuse to stamp it?
(totally off topic...) 86ti, how can I rename a link as you've done above for the UK Res. site? I seem to only be able to paste the raw link...86ti wrote:Just in case you guys didn't know already here a link to a comprehensive discussion on this matter on the UK Resident Immigration Forum (registration required).
Thanks for the info uk868uk868 wrote:Hi Swish,
I only tried French Embassy in London, according to their policy, they can not issue Shengen visa for people holding this paper. I had problem at passport control in Luxemburg airport, they could not believe such important status is on a piece of paper.
So, better wait be patient and get it on your passport!