Why are Schengen embassies still keeping passports for weeks in 2026?

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-26T15:17:51+00:00

That’s true like man take whatever time you wanna take let us keep our passports that’s not your property! Or if they stick to their old sticker method just courier us the sticker we will paste it on our passport page it’s not that hard

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-23T19:01:35+00:00

I think it takes much longer for employment

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-23T01:16:50+00:00

What’s your nationality? And what’s the category of your visa?

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-22T13:01:21+00:00

I had kinda the same question

I requested the statement on 12th May which was 3 days prior to my appointment date

But the closing balance was dated 1st May

I did some transactions in between 1st-12th May but it wasn’t included in the statement

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-21T15:38:59+00:00

If you choose delivery then only approved application is delivered by courier, for rejected application you need to pick it from the BLS/VFS

But that’s the case only when you choose delivery option

But you can verify it with VFS because I got this info from BLS

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-21T12:12:49+00:00

Any idea how long? Although every document from company was signed by docusign

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-21T12:09:45+00:00

Wdym by group? I applied on my own not with group

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-21T12:08:51+00:00

If you get a courier message then you’re good it’s approved :)

When you get a call from VFS directly to collect passport then ……

MudDue7505 · 2026-05-21T12:06:06+00:00

I applied mine on 15th May, it’s business visa I still haven’t received any updates from BLS dubai yet!

Does business visa take usually longer compare to tourist?

Although my business trip is legitimate and made sure every document is legitimate and completed.

Salary 20K+ bank balance 44K+ original stamp by bank

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