Hello Everyone, Myself Rohit Agarwal, a businessman from India, I am writing on this blog to share my story about How I met Ms. Wytzia Raspe, How she helped me to enter in the Schengen area, or I should say because of her I got the opportunity to enter Schengen area and made my dream come true. So I am telling you the full story from the beginning.
It was a year of 2015 I met my very good friend in India, who stays in Paris, I met her in September and we were in continuous talking terms, after fee months she invited me to Paris for Christmas and New year’s celebration , I was like ok and happy too that finally I will visit Paris and roam the city of lights with her, I applied for my Schengen visa through French Consulate in New Delhi with all the required documents, And I was so positive that I will get a visa very easily, because previously I was in United kingdom for 2 years for my post graduation and I travelled some countries also like United Arab Emirates,Singapore, Malaysia.
So my travel agent and I was so sure that I will get one, but after a week of my application, I got a rejection which broke me very much because I was packing my bags and stuff for my holidays in Paris, and the reason for rejection that stated in the letter that “Your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained” I was shocked to hear that news , I got that news though my friend who collected my passport because she was also accompanying me in my trip , and luckily she got the visa and My visa was refused , all the plans shattered my dream to go to Paris, I was still in a shocking situation that how they refused my visa so easily in spite of the fact that I have a travel history and I provided all the required documents, But luckily my friend who got her visa gone to Paris for New year’s celebration and I was Happy for her and still dreaming for such a trip for myself.
Then after one and half year I was again planning to go toPparis in summers time but this time through a big travel company like Cox and kings, because in my earlier case when I discuss about my previous visa rejection many people and travel experts suggested me that you got the rejection because you were going alone and in your age around 30 embassies keep a strict age on this age group specially unmarried person that they have more chances to get married and settle in their countries, so by keeping that point, I again applied my Schengen visa through French consulate from New Delhi but this time I made all the bookings and formalities done through “Cox and Kings “ one of the reputed companies working globally, After a week of my visa application , I got my result but this time again a refusal, by stating two reasons i.e “The information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable”and one more reason i.e “Your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained “. this thing shattered me completely that how they can refuse my visa again although I applied through a big travel company, and travel company visa experts and I was so sure that we will get the visa this time, but all in vain, I was in continuous talks with The travel company that How you made my application so weak and You people were so sure and again I got the refusal, they showed me all the bookings and itineraries to gain my confidence but no one can understand my pain this time.
This time I thought to send Emails to French embassy that what they want now what more documents or proofs They want from me And I sent more than 15 mails to the French embassy but every time I got an receiving acknowledgement that it no further replies this made me contemplating that how irresponsible they can be they didn’t replied any of my mails , I sent them approximately 15-18 mails but they didn’t reply my single email, then I stopped everything Now I am in that stage If I discuss with any travel agent or any travel agency that I Want to go to schengen area and I got two refusals earlier all travel agents and agencies clearly stated me that they don’t want to take my case because there is no chance that I will get the visa and some who are ready to take mg case clears me every time that there are very less chances that you will get the visa.
Now I am like depressed now not completely but yeah half depressed that how a visa thing can be so difficult, Now I again planned my trip within few days of my refusal that I will again apply for a fresh visa application through Another consulate this time I was planning through The Netherlands consulate but before applying I had a deep discussion with one my newly made acquaintances through web search , I found this guy through my web search and I told him everything that I got two refusals earlier and now I want an expert advice to prepare my application , this guy is a travel experts and use to travel frequently to schengen countries , so some how I trusted him for preparing my application, Meanwhile I was also sending mails to The Netherlands embassy, that I got two refusals earlier and this time I wanted to visit Amsterdam and was asking them If I am eligible to apply and If they consider me for visa thing but they clearly stated that They will check my application individually they don’t want to consider my previous rejections and if my application would be ok I will get one. And some how I was happy and sure this time that I will get one definitely because I was in continuous talks with The dutch embassy through Emails and this time my application is preparing by me all the bookings and all with the help of a travel expert, The time came to apply for the visa , I went to New Delhi third time for the visa thing and I applied my visa and came back to my home town, this time I was not preparing realistically but yeah mentally and virtually that I will get my visa, a week passed by I got the result and this time thrice I got the refusal by stating the reasons: “Justification of the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not provided.” “Your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained” Its like a cancer for me now that am I a terrorist or who I am that By submitting all the documents, spending money,and in continuous talks with The Netherlands consulate , still I got the refusal oh, my god what is happening with me, I am completely broken now.
But what to do , again I send mails to The Netherlands consulate that I made all the things clear to you all the proofs I provided And you people still refused, but they clearly stated me that this is not a sole decision of the embassy they made this decision after I submitted my application and they also sated me that you can apply again and If you think the decision made by the embassy is wrong you can appeal, and As I knew appeal is not an easy task and rarely people go for appeal its like to challenge the embassy for their decision and this appeal process should be done in their home country like I applied my visa through The Netherlands so appeal formalities should be done in The Netherlands only and lawyer should be of that country only. By knowing this no one would like to go for appeal . And this Is my 3rd refusal , I already spent thousands of INR in first time in visa fees, second time in visa fees and travel company package, third time in visa fees and travel expert advice fees and travelling expenses to New delhi too , and If i speak about time I can’t count even, How much I wasted my time in all the three applications, Time spent + Money spent= 0 results with lot of depression and frustration. After a few days of my refusal I started to search online visa forums, I spent hours sitting online and discussing m