VERY complicated visa question...

[windeguy]

US residency might help her get the Schengen visa. If she was in the US applying for it, that would probably help. Not sure if it will matter if she is in the DR. I am trying to take a trip with my wife to Spain. I don't need a visa holding a US passport, but she does having a DR passport and US residency.

I would expect going through the UK would indeed make the trip doubly complex from a visa standpoint. I haven't taken the steps to discover what that would mean.

From what we have been told thus far, after filling out the application form and paying the fee, she just needs a hotel reservation, proof of solvency, round trip ticket and a valid passport. We were told that Spain does not require a letter of invitation to grant a Schengen visa if you aren't staying at someones residence and Spain is your main destination. (Being from Poland yourself, I would think getting her the visa would be straightforward. Can you not be the person inviting her? )

Once you are in Schengen territory, there should be no problem going from country to country in that group.

Next week, we hope to have more information after talking to the Spanish consulate in Santo Domingo.

[la_barbie]

Originally Posted by dv8

i want to smack minovio with a snowball this winter so i am taking him home for crimbo. now - no flights to poland so we have to fly zig-zagging.

ideally i want to fly to berlin, take him home, then pack up and visit a friend in london and fly from there back to DR.

now, can dominicans fly to europe on way one ticket? he'd have a ticket on a way back but from different country.

next: regardless of where we fly to minovio would neen a multiple entry visa. lets say in worse case scenario we fly to madrid from there to berlin, from there car to poland, car back to belin, from there flight to london, another flight london-madrid and then back here. ufff....

sounds hopeless already. he needs to send his passport to venezuela for polish visa! or maybe we will do it in the states. or mexico. messy business.

any advice? how much for uk visa, how long it takes, can he get one now for xmas or he has to apply just before? same for german visa?

No to ty masz powaznie pojebane...

[dv8]

Originally Posted by la_barbie

No to ty masz powaznie pojebane...

eeee tam. musi zaznac sniegu!

[rubio_higuey]

OK, this is the way you can accomplish it:

Buy the round trip ticket into Poland, via Germany or other EU country, but not entering into Shengen (buy on Condor/Lufthansa, Iberia, Air France, etc.)

Get the Polish visa

Enter poland, wait until 1st of January 2008. Poland should be in Shengen as of that date. Drive into Germany, as airports would not be in Shengen until mid-2008, only land traffic would be as of 1 Jan 2008. You won't need german visa that way.

There is a risk involved: The Jan 1 2008 is agreed-upon and pretty much fixed date, but it still depends on Poland meeting Shengen requirements by June 2007. So there may be some risk involved in this scenario, but it's pretty much the most straightforward scenario you can have.

[planner]

Great information!

[dv8]

the only thing is - damn dominican holiday! we cannot go away for that long... by 31st of december we have to be back in DR.....
but good for future references, i am polish and i had no idea we are to join schengen....
thanks!