My Germany visa is rejected :(

[Engel]

2. use my boss' INA card (Indonesian Netherlands association) and apply to Dutch embassy with reason for a "business trip" --> didn't thought of this before *headdesk*

you can do that! go to the netherlands, stay there for a couple of days, and he can meet you there, or from there you go to germany as a turist! you would already have a visa for a country in the EU anyway! it might be your best shot! good luck!

[krabuzh]

That is what I was thinking.
If you were rejected because you two haven't met yet, the only way you can get a visa to Germany is that you two meet somewhere else than in Germany. The logical thing would be for him to visit you.

Getting a Schengen Visa can be so difficult. One of my best friends is Ukrainian, she lives literally one hour from the border and it's so difficult and expensive for her to cross it even for only a day or a few hours
I hope you two can find a way to finally meet.

thank you and that is make sense too.. Well, I might ask him to come as last attempt even if it meant I have to pay for the ticket

Not an expert at all in this, but I thought you could get a EU visa. So for example if you get a visa to France, you can travel throughout all the EU. Have you thought about applying to another EU country?

Hehe.. I know that and I might be will apply from Dutch embassy
thank you for the suggestion

Her problem is that she would need to justify to the other country why she wants to visit. It will look pretty bad if the person in question lives in another country.

*nods*

wow, and I thought germany had given me a bad time with visas already. at least brazilians can enter european union for the first 3 months without need of a visa, we just need a visa if we want to stay longer than 3 months, and thats when i had trouble! but hang in there. i was sent back to brazil some times by the german government, but now me and my SO got married I already got a 1 year visa, that will be renewed without problems annually (and on the third year married i can apply for a german citizenship).


It is hard, being rejected for visas is no fun. been there. *hugs*

but if you said you were going to visit a boyfriend maybe thats why they rejected you. you can't tell them this or they will think you want to stay in germany and will create obstacles for you. when i arrived back in germany in december they saw i had a previous german student visa, so they saw i lived in germany already, and asked me what i wanted to do here, i told them i was going to visit some friends i met the year i lived here, for vacations, not for one second i told them i came back to germany to be with my SO and that we would get married soon. they let me go really easily, and with a smile on their faces, while they were creating problems for a brazilian family next to me, and i helped translate for them so they could go through passport control (the fact i spoke german to them, even though my german isn't perfect might have helped)

you can do that! go to the netherlands, stay there for a couple of days, and he can meet you there, or from there you go to germany as a turist! you would already have a visa for a country in the EU anyway! it might be your best shot! good luck!

You inspired me with your story hehe and jup, I think I will apply from Dutch embassy. Thank you for that! *hugs*

[kittyo9]

We have been through the same thing for a US visa. My boyfriend is a Peruvian resident and he has been denied twice now for a US tourist visa. The requirements are quite similar and we have been left quite devastated by it. It really isn't ever that fair. The entire process for deciding who gets a visa is littered with circular logic and subjectivity.

We avoided talking about a "girlfriend" entirely, stating that it was a trip to visit family friends with a signed letter and documents from my parents, a married couple of US citizens. I know it doesn't necessarily help, but we figured it couldn't hurt. Unfortunately, we were denied even after getting and showing them all the possible documents that could help. For some countries, it really is just plain difficult to get a non-immigrant visa.

You can try to appeal, but don't be surprised if they still turn you down. Remember that you are just one of many cases that they deal with every day and your appeal is not likely to get you far because you do not have a very established life where you live (house, car, family of your own, etc) and there is not much reason for them to change their mind.

If your appeal does not result in a favorable outcome, I think it's time to revisit the idea of you paying for him to visit you, or at least splitting the cost. It is much easier for him to travel than for you-- it's as simple as that.

[loveknowsnodistance27]

I can't offer any advice, as I am not going through the visa process, nor do I have to at any point. I am so sorry to hear that you got rejected though...it makes me so sad every time someone posts here about a visa getting denied. I can't imagine what it feels like. *hugs*

[angel85]

I understand how your feeling . Because iam in the same situation trying to get a solution for my so to come to canada . Just in my case iam pregnant 5 months and won't be able to travel back to argentina . My so just two weeks ago got his visa rejected and he had everything . I live with him back in argentina . Iam a canadian . Now iam back in canada because we wanted baby tot be born here . But I never expected it would turn out like this . Which its sad . Now iam going to another plan or way to get my so here baby is born in july . Don't give up there is always a solution just takes time .

[haribo0603]

2. use my boss' INA card (Indonesian Netherlands association) and apply to Dutch embassy with reason for a "business trip"

Sorry to hear that.
I suppose it must be hard for the first time because you have not met him.
I support your idea of a business trip. Also you can ask to come to the Netherlands which would be fair for his pride. I hope it will go well.

[Tooki]

We have been through the same thing for a US visa. My boyfriend is a Peruvian resident and he has been denied twice now for a US tourist visa. The requirements are quite similar and we have been left quite devastated by it. It really isn't ever that fair. The entire process for deciding who gets a visa is littered with circular logic and subjectivity.

We avoided talking about a "girlfriend" entirely, stating that it was a trip to visit family friends with a signed letter and documents from my parents, a married couple of US citizens. I know it doesn't necessarily help, but we figured it couldn't hurt. Unfortunately, we were denied even after getting and showing them all the possible documents that could help. For some countries, it really is just plain difficult to get a non-immigrant visa.

You can try to appeal, but don't be surprised if they still turn you down. Remember that you are just one of many cases that they deal with every day and your appeal is not likely to get you far because you do not have a very established life where you live (house, car, family of your own, etc) and there is not much reason for them to change their mind.

If your appeal does not result in a favorable outcome, I think it's time to revisit the idea of you paying for him to visit you, or at least splitting the cost. It is much easier for him to travel than for you-- it's as simple as that.

It's quite unfortunate that the one thing that can make the process infinitely harder is your nationality.

I mean for me to go to Europe, I go on a plane and get a stamp at the first port of entry. That is it. The most they will ask is what I'm going to do (and even then, they don't really care). The whole process will take less than a minute.

I have a Vietnamese friend who studies at my university. She went to Europe over Christmas to do an internship and she had to deal with so much crap. The process for the Schengen visa took over a month. It included interviews and (almost) a trip to Sydney to actually collect the visa.

Anyway, hopefully the business trip avenue will work. Who knows, YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO SOME BUSINESS IN HOLLAND