How I got My First Schengen (Switzerland) Visa?
In the month of June 2019
"You can't apply for a Schengen visa as of now”........
I was told by few so called agents or consultants whom I visited for advice
before applying Swiss visa for myself, my wife and my son. I had a travel
history however my wife and son had no travel history.
I was a taken aback by their advice and decided not to
apply for the Schengen visa.
Mandatory Documents required by the Agents:
1. An ITR of more than 7 lacs.
2. GST certificate.
3. Property documents.
I had none of the above documents. I had been filling
my ITR for the last 7 years however it was not close to 7 lacs. I am an
Advocate and therefore I didn’t have the GST certificate and live with my
parents therefore property documents are in the name of parents (as in most of
the families in India). Someone told me to get the property documents (deeds)
transferred in my name and wait till next year before filing my Schengen visa. Therefore I dropped the idea of applying Schengen visa in the month of June
2018.
In The month Of July 2019
In the month of July 2018 i made my mind to apply for
the Swiss visa after going through the document checklist of Swiss Embassy
which didn't make any of the above so called required documents mandatory for
the Schengen Visa.
I applied with the following documents along with my
wife and son on 12/July/2019 in the Chandigarh vfs:
1. Application forms duly dated and signed.
2. Appropriate
size photos.
3. New and old Passports.
4. Covering Letter.
5. Copy certificate of Enrollment as an Advocate
in Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (license of Practice).
6. Copy of identity proof of Advocate registered
with District Bar Association, Jagadhri.
7. Original Account statement of my
savings account with Punjab National Bank and Bank Balance certificate of my savings account
with Axis Bank.
8. Income Tax Acknowledgement for 3 years
( Myself and my wife)
9. Leave letter of my wife from her college.
10. Bank account statement of my wife.
11. Copies of valid Credit cards in my name.
12. Copies of passports of my wife (Shweta) and
son (Rayirth Mahajan).
13. Travel Insurance with coverage of 30,000 Euros
(50,000 UDSD) inclusive of repatriation and medical
emergency for each applicant.
14. Return flight ticket bookings.
15. Prepaid Hotel booking reservations as proof of
accommodation in Switzerland and France.
We applied in the Chandigarh vfs on 12/July/2019 (Friday) and my
application reached the Swiss embassy on 16/July/2019 and on 17/July/2019 I received
an email from the vfs Delhi that our passports have been received back from
Swiss embassy and dispatched from vfs Delhi to my home address.
Finally our passports were received through Blue Dart Courier service
on 19/July/2019 with the Swiss visa stamped for the duration we mentioned in
our covering letter. Below is my Swiss visa on which I traveled to Switzerland and Portugal in the month of August 2019.
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