Hello,
I applied for a Schengen visa for Belgium in the first week of July. This application was for a dual entry visa as I'm supposed to go to another country later (after coming back to UK) for a conference. As per the procedure, I applied via VFS and received a message the next day that my application is in process. Earlier this week, I called VFS for an update on my visa processing status as I'm supposed to travel on 2nd August. They said it's still processing so I called the Belgian Consulate. They said that they need additional documents from me and that they had sent a request to VFS on 18 July to tell me. When I asked VFS about it, they said they never received such a request. I sent in the documents two days ago directly to the consulate and they have confirmed that they have received my documents?
Now I'm wondering what to do because I doubt they'll be able to process my visa by tomorrow keeping in mind that I'm a citizen of Pakistan working on a TIer 2 visa in the UK. Should I wait for them? Whenever I call them about to ask about timelines, I get stock answers, nothing specific.
I'm also worried since I'm losing my booked and paid flights. Secondly, I have booked an appointment for Monday 4 August with the Dutch embassy in case my visa is not process on time because I'm supposed to travel to Amsterdam for a conference later in August. I'll be losing around GBP 1000 if that conference is missed. Should I wait and see how the Belgian embassy does or withdraw my application, forget about next week's trip and apply for the Dutch visa?
Any advice would be helpful here.
Thank you.
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