Reply to: Poll finds that 60% of Britons want to keep their EU citizenship

[darmstadt]

it’s highly recommended to apply for a Schengen visa around six weeks prior to one’s departure

]and again from the horses mouth (not it's other parts )

And again, from the horses mouth:

Although it takes no more than 72 hours for processing a visa in general, there are times when this process takes quite much longer, for 14 up to 21 days in some countries concerning some citizens.

In fact if you go to the various websites of EU countries Embassies, you'll find that for most people of many countries it actually only takes a day. YMMV

[vetran]

However you missed out this bit:



Daily Mail school of reporting. Most of the people I know who have applied for a Schengen visa have done it within a couple of weeks of their trip and receiving it less than a week later. I would suspect with the EU's mooted plan of an ESTA type online system it'll probably be 24 - 48 hours turnaround

and again from the horses mouth (not it's other parts )

it’s highly recommended to apply for a Schengen visa around six weeks prior to one’s departure

[darmstadt]

Your definition of good is not quite the same as other peoples.

However you missed out this bit:

Unfortunately, there is no fixed answer to this particular question due to different time-frame policies of the embassies/consulates in different parts of the world. Nevertheless, it’s highly recommended to apply for a Schengen visa around six weeks prior to one’s departure, in order to make your trip as planned.

Although it takes no more than 72 hours for processing a visa in general, there are times when this process takes quite much longer, for 14 up to 21 days in some countries concerning some citizens.

In some embassies, you are able to walk in at any time and submit the documentation meanwhile in some other you MUST make an appointment prior. If you are planning to travel on a short-term, the appointment must be made no more than 6 weeks in advance. This rule doesn’t apply to the applicants who are applying for a long-term visa.

Daily Mail school of reporting. Most of the people I know who have applied for a Schengen visa have done it within a couple of weeks of their trip and receiving it less than a week later. I would suspect with the EU's mooted plan of an ESTA type online system it'll probably be 24 - 48 hours turnaround

[VectraMan]

Not true. i went to a comp in the 80s in a very (and I mean very) poor area of the Midlands. I came from a broken home, was brought up on a council estate, father out of work for a decade due to the unions killing the car industry in the midlands. Despite that I managed to go to Uni .... but then I'm quite smart and work hard

Not that it needs saying but I also went to a comp in the 80s in probably a nicer part of The Midlands than Whorty, and not only was I not turned down by polys I was not turned down by unis either. Funny that.

Not really a surprise to hear a Brexiteer insisting all his problems are somebody else's fault.

[SueEllen]

The tulip was suggesting he spent lunchtimes down the pub with the teachers (but different bar).

All teachers are lefties ... it's a given. In our school 6th form we had a school GE in 1987 to see how we would if we could. Teachers were really surprised (and not too pleased!) to find that Tories/Maggie came out on top. And this in a staunch red area Betty Borthroyd, whom I did manage to meet and to be far was a very nice lady, was our local MP.

I've heard stories about teachers and pubs like that all the time.

At college when we also drank the same pubs as our lecturers. The pub staff also knew we were all under 18 and very likely 16 when we started drinking in their establishments but ignored us. We didn't dare misbehave.

And no not all teachers are or have been lefties.

[Whorty]

Actually at my state comp 75% of the teachers were openly lefties. The ones who weren't kept their mouths shut so they weren't forced out.

Though the only ones who taught anything with a left bent were in the social sciences.

The tulip was suggesting he spent lunchtimes down the pub with the teachers (but different bar).

All teachers are lefties ... it's a given. In our school 6th form we had a school GE in 1987 to see how we would if we could. Teachers were really surprised (and not too pleased!) to find that Tories/Maggie came out on top. And this in a staunch red area Betty Borthroyd, whom I did manage to meet and to be far was a very nice lady, was our local MP.

[Whorty]

Apparently it sharpens sense of humour

It certainly made us appreciate office days. Even my time at DVLA in Swansea wasn't as bad as my time in Swindon.

[SueEllen]

I smell bull tuliip!

Actually at my state comp 75% of the teachers were openly lefties. The ones who weren't kept their mouths shut so they weren't forced out.

Though the only ones who taught anything with a left bent were in the social sciences.

[AtW]

When I worked in big 4 consulting I was sent to many a dull, dreary, awful place ... of these, Swindon was easily the biggest pile of doodoo. Couldn't be happier every Friday to be getting on the train back to the big smoke.

Apparently it sharpens sense of humour

[Whorty]

It was the 1980's - when the teachers weren't on strike, almost every lesson had some sort of Marxist slant. History was all post-colonial and the evils of the Empire, our Economics teacher was a communist, and even English Lit was an endless stream of socialist drivel. So yes, you could say I was occasionally "disruptive"

To be fair though, some of those same teachers felt it was wrong to grass us up for going down the pub at lunchtime, so they didn't. As long as we stayed in the other bar, they left us alone.

I smell bull tuliip!

[Whorty]

Anyway, I'm not sure there is life in Swindon...

When I worked in big 4 consulting I was sent to many a dull, dreary, awful place ... of these, Swindon was easily the biggest pile of doodoo. Couldn't be happier every Friday to be getting on the train back to the big smoke.

[Whorty]

They all turned me down, and that was before they saw my A level results...
In my defence, I went to a comp in the 80's, and if you weren't a raving lefty, the teachers either ignored you or tortured you.

Not true. i went to a comp in the 80s in a very (and I mean very) poor area of the Midlands. I came from a broken home, was brought up on a council estate, father out of work for a decade due to the unions killing the car industry in the midlands. Despite that I managed to go to Uni .... but then I'm quite smart and work hard

[vetran]

I didn't say it was good. Jut pointing out that it's there. Personally, I think there will be a visa waiver system in place.

Yes you did. And you've attempted to demonstrate that the Schengen visa system isn't good, by showing some text about six week wait times. Aside from that very weak evidence, what makes you think the Schengen visa system isn't a good one?

hmmm

[NotAllThere]

I asked for GOOD visa system..

Yes you did. And you've attempted to demonstrate that the Schengen visa system isn't good, by showing some text about six week wait times. Aside from that very weak evidence, what makes you think the Schengen visa system isn't a good one?

[vetran]

I didn't say it was good. Jut pointing out that it's there. Personally, I think there will be a visa waiver system in place.

Funny. You get the same advice when you're applying for your passport in the UK. Usually it's considerably quicker (last time I did it, it was less than 2 weeks). Typically, if all is in order, it doesn't take more than 2 weeks for a Schengen visa.

I asked for GOOD visa system. Yes I expect a visa waiver system too modelled on the US one without the Trumpifications.

The passport is identifying you to your country frequently without significant supporting documents. The Visa is taking the assertion your country will vouch for you and granting you access based on that as its all computerised 24 hours should be enough.