Although this may seem a topic more appropriate for travel & tourism, I need more real life experiences of people regarding the topic which is why it is in this forum.

How many of you have applied for Schengen visa from Pakistan? How long did it take to receive the passport back? I need to apply for UK & for Schengen countries and need my passport back in 2 months to be able to attend the event i am going for? Any suggestions? Experiences?

This can really help you

Dont know about UK but all details are given on how to apply for Schengen Visa from Pakistan


http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/...nf/vispak.html

On the right side select ur category of visa and fill the form

Thank you waleed. But it doesnt state any where how long the processing will take? Do i have to re-send the passport for UK separately or both UK-Schengen will be catered in one processing duration?

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Thank you waleed. But it doesnt state any where how long the processing will take? Do i have to re-send the passport for UK separately or both UK-Schengen will be catered in one processing duration?

You are Welcome .....Check the last point it states that submit ur application one month before departure ....

As far as i know Uk is not in schengen countries so u have to submit for UK and Schengen Seperately but im not sure ....

Do u got UK visa right now on ur passport??if u got it then just apply for Schengen visa

yeh schengen hai kahan?

i applied from pakistan to uk about 4/5 yrs back. i got my visa in about 2-3 months. as i said this was 4/5 yrs back, now i dont know how long the visa takes plus i heard they shifted everything to dubai. i mean all decisions take place in dubai (if i am right).

the best thing would be to apply as soon as possible. and if in your application your event dates arenot mentioned than perhaps a covering letter will be good to explain as to why you need the visa so urgently. usually they give you the visa within the time span like before the course starts etc etc as long as you meet all teh requirements.

good luck

Originally Posted by blessed2006

yeh schengen hai kahan?

i applied from pakistan to uk about 4/5 yrs back. i got my visa in about 2-3 months. as i said this was 4/5 yrs back, now i dont know how long the visa takes plus i heard they shifted everything to dubai. i mean all decisions take place in dubai (if i am right).

the best thing would be to apply as soon as possible. and if in your application your event dates arenot mentioned than perhaps a covering letter will be good to explain as to why you need the visa so urgently. usually they give you the visa within the time span like before the course starts etc etc as long as you meet all teh requirements.

good luck

Bless u live in Uk and u dont even know whats Schengen

Check it out

http://www.axa-schengen.com/en/schengen-countries

With Schengen visa u can go to the countries included in Schengen


Aish ke ilawa bhe kuch pta kr liya kro Kidding

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Thank you waleed. But it doesnt state any where how long the processing will take? Do i have to re-send the passport for UK separately or both UK-Schengen will be catered in one processing duration?

if schengen is a diffenrent counrty then you will have apply seperatly. you cant apply altogether because both of your applications will require passports. on the other hand i just googled up and saw that Schengen is near france so i am assuming its a european country so perhaps once you are in uk you can apply from here to Schengen.

No UK is not included in Schengen.

What I am saying is that i have to visit UK in the last week of April for a family event (the family will be sponsoring us) but we also plan on visiting other nearby European countries for which we require a Schengen visa.

Although the website states 1 month but from most people i have heard the time is not fixed, may even take 2-3 months. I dont want to miss out the function in UK waiting for the Schengen visa.

So i should apply for UK + Schngen visa right away then.

Originally Posted by waleedhbk

Bless u live in Uk and u dont even know whats Schengen

Check it out

http://www.axa-schengen.com/en/schengen-countries

With Schengen visa u can go to the countries included in Schengen


Aish ke ilawa bhe kuch pta kr liya kro Kidding

tumhe pakistan ke sab shehron ka naam pata hai kya?

Schengen naam se chinese lagta hai. uk main ho ya sk main mainoon ki farq painda aye.

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

No UK is not included in Schengen.

What I am saying is that i have to visit UK in the last week of April for a family event (the family will be sponsoring us) but we also plan on visiting other nearby European countries for which we require a Schengen visa.

Although the website states 1 month but from most people i have heard the time is not fixed, may even take 2-3 months. I dont want to miss out the function in UK waiting for the Schengen visa.

So i should apply for UK + Schngen visa right away then.

Yeah apply now then dont wait anymore it can take more time......Apply for both UK and Schenegen visa

Originally Posted by blessed2006

if schengen is a diffenrent counrty then you will have apply seperatly. you cant apply altogether because both of your applications will require passports. on the other hand i just googled up and saw that Schengen is near france so i am assuming its a european country so perhaps once you are in uk you can apply from here to Schengen.

Bless - Schengen is a small town where the treaty took place. I am not interested in visiting the town but the 25 countries the treaty permitted to visit.

Read this to know more about Schengen visa:
http://www.schengenvisa.cc/

Originally Posted by blessed2006

tumhe pakistan ke sab mulkon ka naam pata hai kya?

Schengen naam se chinese lagta hai. uk main ho ya sk main mainoon ki farq painda aye.

Schenegen is not a country .....its a visa one visa from which u can travel to around 20 countries of Europe

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Bless - Schengen is a small town where the treaty took place. I am not interested in visiting the town but the 25 countries the treaty permitted to visit.

Read this to know more about Schengen visa:
http://www.schengenvisa.cc/

Originally Posted by waleedhbk

Schenegen is not a country .....its a visa one visa from which u can travel to around 20 countries of Europe

acha thank you

I'd suggest you apply for the UK visa first, because with the visa processing times here you can never be sure, it shouldn't be more than one month but it can easily end up being 2 or 3 months. My friend's sister applied for a UK settlement visa recently after getting married and although that usually takes a while her visa came back in less than three weeks, there is no consistency here at all. I have no idea about Schengen here but I know in the UK it can take a month to get it (two weeks to get an appointment) so I would think it would take at least the same amount of time here.