Hello there,

 

Going to Tomorrowland, hoping to get Schengen, where should I go?

 

I would love to visit historical sites, castles and cathedrals, but this is more of a partying trip and my group of friends I'm afraid are not into the whole history stuff, so, heard Prague's a great place and Amsterdam is on list, but please suggest.

 

I've been to France, UK already so id prefer going to places I haven't been too.

 

Should I be visiting countries that have gone right wing? Would it be safe? I have a very very infamous Muslim name l..youd all be able to guess it in like 3 tries :/ and I very much look the part in terms of skin color . Don't want drama :-)

 

Thanks!

Applied to Netherlands, Schengen, because I'd love to see Amsterdam.

 

Reasons are:

1. Your intention to leave the territory of the Member State before the expiry of this visa could not be established.

2. The purpose and circumstances of the intended stay are insufficiently demonstrated

 

Best/worst part is my freinds applied exactly the same way, and they got the visas.

Scare them by mentioning rascist motivated reasons for denying entry

Bloody hell. You're here as a tourist. Schengen allows you free passage throughout most western European countries without extra red tape. So I guess you got someone scared. Did you include the return ticket? That's what they seem to be looking for. Or you're on someone's shit list for reason of earlier criminal activities or something. Wierd your friends passed ok and not you.

Have you tried crossing through the Med? I hear the Italian navy provides free cruise and accomodations.

 

Joke aside, does this actually mean you were rejected from the entire Schengen zone, and barred from applying in other countrie. I suspect that to be the case, but if not, then apply for visa in another country. Alternatively, there's still the non-Schengen countries, though it eon't be much of a Eurotrip

Bloody hell. You're here as a tourist. Schengen allows you free passage throughout most western European countries without extra red tape. So I guess you got someone scared. Did you include the return ticket? That's what they seem to be looking for. Or you're on someone's shit list for reason of earlier criminal activities or something. Wierd your friends passed ok and not you.

No, if I was a security risk, they would mention that on the rejection letter, it has several reasons mentioned and yours is tick marked as to why. Perhaps a more detailed travel itenary could have been provided on my part.

 

Offcourse I provided everything that was required, but perhaps what more I could have done was say provide exactly what I plan to do on each of the days.

 

I can reapply, but I'm very short on time. I should have just applied through Belgium with the TL tickets tbh.

 

I included all the tickets and stuff. I'm an expat in Dubai and my family is in Pakistan and I don't own any assets or property in Dubai. So perhaps that was the weak part. I could have emphasized that my family, esp my parents are my dependants as I do send home certain amount every month for covering the expenses. I showed the bank statement but didn't mention this part. So perhaps they may have felt I don't have dependants back home who rely on my stable income for expenses. So I feel this is the part that may have been missing. A couple of my friends in Pakistan got the visa, we all had more or less exactly the same travel itenary (obv, because we are a group of friends). I don't see any difference in our situations apart from our current locations. We are all well educated in multinationals with great career paths and a decent travel history.

 

 

So I guess I needed to emphasize more on my family tired which I didn't because they didnt ask for it but I suppose it would have made for a stronger case and less of a flight risk. Also, some of my friends are married but I'm not so I guess that would also affect my case negatively.

 

Another reason is I could have added a cover letter with details and more defined purpose. I assumed having tickets and hotel etc to places was good enough that I'm a tourist. But I will mention next time that I'd like to visit the coffee houses .

 

So yea, not end of the world, I know what I can do better for next application, thinking of going to Prague now instead, they have better chicks in Eastern Europe I heard..is it true Ccabal?

Just reapply, probably got a rogue bellend staff member.

Yup and with migrant and refugee crises, I guess everyone's a bit edgy, which is understandable.

I can absolutely guarantee that there are hot chicks in EEU. If you go to Prague, you MUST come to Budapest too

Just reapply, probably got a rogue bellend staff member.

This probably yeah, you'd be surprised to what lenght people go to reach certain "quota"

 

That said, why apply thruw Belgium? We have probably the slowest beaurocratic system in the world >_>

So you're a Pakistan national, based in Dubai, with depentants in your home country, but not married. Hmmm. Okay I guess some red flags could go up. That's crap.

Regardless of your port of entry (I so hope Belgium is not, it's a wierd part of Europe  ), I hope you make it to Amsterdam. I promise there will be one or more Dutchies waiting to welcome you. Hot chicks here? Yes, but stay away from my GF