Applying for schengen visa

[pot121 1]

Hi VJ friends!

My AOS got approved and My green card is on the way. I should get It in 2-3days.

My question is I am going to apply for a Schengen visa. I wanna know how should I apply.

My passport is in my maiden name but my greencard is in my married name(from what the IO said).

What name should I put on my visa Application? Im asking because I have to apply online to get an appointment.

One more thing, do I have to have plane ticket already?

I am going to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Houston next week.

Your advice will be very much appreciated!!

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Hi VJ friends!

My AOS got approved and My green card is on the way. I should get It in 2-3days.

My question is I am going to apply for a Schengen visa. I wanna know how should I apply.

My passport is in my maiden name but my greencard is in my married name(from what the IO said).

What name should I put on my visa Application? Im asking because I have to apply online to get an appointment.

One more thing, do I have to have plane ticket already?

I am going to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Houston next week.

Your advice will be very much appreciated!!

Quite simple:

secured lodging (hotel reservation) or invitation from someone there to stay in their home (I'm not that familiar with Norway, I am with Sweden though and they are very similar; in case of an invitation, there is a special form whoever is inviting you needs to complete at the local municipality/town as they have some rules as to how many people can leave on a give house area)

proof that you have funds to support yourself while there

often they want to see that there will be health insurance (depends on what country you are from; and there are several companies that do this)

bank statements, to prove you have the funds

pictures

Assuming Norway is the entry country to the Schengen area? The rules are that you obtain visa from the first country you go in, unless in transit (in some cases, again depends on what country you are from). Little known fact: Switzerland is not in the Schengen and in many cases (again depends on what country you are from) a green card is sufficient to land there; from there, it is fairly easy to obtain visas to other EU countries.

There are fees (usually not that high), but not current on what are those now.

Valid passport, etc

Hi VJ friends!

My AOS got approved and My green card is on the way. I should get It in 2-3days.

My question is I am going to apply for a Schengen visa. I wanna know how should I apply.

My passport is in my maiden name but my greencard is in my married name(from what the IO said).

What name should I put on my visa Application? Im asking because I have to apply online to get an appointment.

One more thing, do I have to have plane ticket already?

I am going to the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Houston next week.

Your advice will be very much appreciated!!

Name in passport is what goes in application. Sorry I spaced that out.

[pot121 1]

Quite simple:

secured lodging (hotel reservation) or invitation from someone there to stay in their home (I'm not that familiar with Norway, I am with Sweden though and they are very similar; in case of an invitation, there is a special form whoever is inviting you needs to complete at the local municipality/town as they have some rules as to how many people can leave on a give house area)

proof that you have funds to support yourself while there

often they want to see that there will be health insurance (depends on what country you are from; and there are several companies that do this)

bank statements, to prove you have the funds

pictures

Assuming Norway is the entry country to the Schengen area? The rules are that you obtain visa from the first country you go in, unless in transit (in some cases, again depends on what country you are from). Little known fact: Switzerland is not in the Schengen and in many cases (again depends on what country you are from) a green card is sufficient to land there; from there, it is fairly easy to obtain visas to other EU countries.

There are fees (usually not that high), but not current on what are those now.

Valid passport, etc

Name in passport is what goes in application. Sorry I spaced that out.

Yes the main country I will be visiting is Norway.

My friend will sponsor everything including, plane ticket, lodging, food, everything.

My question is how should I apply? apply using my maiden name or married name?

Okay. Thanks for the info.

Do I have to buy the ticket first before applying?

[iGalin 7]

Always write as in passport, that's your main document to enter the country, also they'll have to stamp when you enter and when you exit, visa also goes into the passport, so it should be everything according to your passport info.

[pot121 1]

Thanks!

Do I have to buy plane ticket before applying?

[pot121 1]

and does it have to be a roundtrip ticket?

Or it doesnt matter?

Im afraid thats gonna be a problem cos I am going to Norway then going to Asia then come back US.

We are not buying the tickets at the same time. We'll buy the next plane ticket going to Asia once landed Norway and buy ticket coming back to US once landed Asia.

Edited January 10, 2012 by pot121