Revised Requirements for Schengen Visa

[bb21]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has more information regarding the revised requirements for accommodation reservation from 27th April 2009 by the French Embassy. Below is the text displayed on their website:

As from the 27th of April, people travelling to France for tourism will have to provide a reservation confirmation issued directly by the hotel clearly stating the visa national’s full names, the dates of check-in and out, the hotel address and contact details. Bookings made via a reservation centre or travel agencies will no longer be accepted. To ensure that visa nationals comply with the legislation in regards to the reality of stay in France, controls will be made prior and after the visa has been granted.

The information required is still the same as those previously, only that now it needs to come direct from the accommodation provider.

My concern is that most hostel bookings are made through a third-party engine such as hostelworld.com and net-booking.com because they do not have their own stand-alone system. On the confirmation email all the required information are still supplied including contact details of the hostel. Hotels that have own reservation engines are so much more expensive that I probably cannot afford them.

Does anyone know if such confirmation is going to be rejected from the 27th? Or does this amendment only apply to those that previously did not contain all the information above? I do not want to waste repeated trips to the consulate and £55 each time because of this.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[gani999]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has more information regarding the revised requirements for accommodation reservation from 27th April 2009 by the French Embassy. Below is the text displayed on their website:

As from the 27th of April, people travelling to France for tourism will have to provide a reservation confirmation issued directly by the hotel clearly stating the visa national’s full names, the dates of check-in and out, the hotel address and contact details. Bookings made via a reservation centre or travel agencies will no longer be accepted. To ensure that visa nationals comply with the legislation in regards to the reality of stay in France, controls will be made prior and after the visa has been granted.

The information required is still the same as those previously, only that now it needs to come direct from the accommodation provider.

My concern is that most hostel bookings are made through a third-party engine such as hostelworld.com and net-booking.com because they do not have their own stand-alone system. On the confirmation email all the required information are still supplied including contact details of the hostel. Hotels that have own reservation engines are so much more expensive that I probably cannot afford them.

Does anyone know if such confirmation is going to be rejected from the 27th? Or does this amendment only apply to those that previously did not contain all the information above? I do not want to waste repeated trips to the consulate and £55 each time because of this.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Just contact the Hotel at their address given in your hostelworld.com booking, and ask them to send you a confirmation by mail. If they are reluctant, you could offer to pay them the postage charges when you check out after your stay. It won't cost much.

[yasa]

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[bb21]

Thanks gani.

The hostel replied very nicely and said that they could fax it through. Just wondering if anyone know whether a faxed copy is acceptable.

[magsi23]

Thanks gani.

The hostel replied very nicely and said that they could fax it through. Just wondering if anyone know whether a faxed copy is acceptable.

It is accepted

[bb21]

Hi, that's great.

Bit of a pain now. One of the hotel owners just emailed me a word document as an attachment to an email. He told me to print it off myself as they do not have letterheaded paper in hand. Does anyone know if this is acceptable?

[Wanderer]

Hi, that's great.

Bit of a pain now. One of the hotel owners just emailed me a word document as an attachment to an email. He told me to print it off myself as they do not have letterheaded paper in hand. Does anyone know if this is acceptable?

The Germans accepted the same for my partner.

[bb21]

Do the Germans have the same revised requirements as the French? I feel really nervous about this.