- Time of past OR future Camino
- December 2024
I was hoping to do a walk over ninety days so I researched a long stay visa. This walk would have gone through four countries but the majority of the time would have been in France. So I applied for a long stay visa to allow me to stay for six months.
Although I was applying in France the visa would allow entrance into other Schengen countries. A requirement for the visa though is that the majority of your time should be in France.
I applied knowing this and found the process to be a little daunting but not to bad. Information they ask for is pretty basic. It was a little expensive to make the application in fees and I also had to buy and insurance policy to cover the entire stay. The biggest expense though was a day off work to drive to San Francisco (the closest office to me) to do the interview.
My application was denied because I failed to provide an itinerary of my route and time so they could not determine how long I would be in France. I’m not a planned and don’t see myself planning out a six month walk to know where I would stay every night so I didn’t include this information. I’m not sure if that would be required or if I could just provide a general Gronze schedule and that would enough?
In the rejection notice I was told I could include the missing information and reapply but my circumstances have changed so that much time isn’t reasonable anymore.
Some good news is that if I reapply in the future it will be much easier because they already have my biometric info so I can just do it through the mail and won’t need another in person interview.
I’m still planning on walking but need to limit my time to ninety days. Can anyone recommend a ninety day Camino that can be done in winter
Although I was applying in France the visa would allow entrance into other Schengen countries. A requirement for the visa though is that the majority of your time should be in France.
I applied knowing this and found the process to be a little daunting but not to bad. Information they ask for is pretty basic. It was a little expensive to make the application in fees and I also had to buy and insurance policy to cover the entire stay. The biggest expense though was a day off work to drive to San Francisco (the closest office to me) to do the interview.
My application was denied because I failed to provide an itinerary of my route and time so they could not determine how long I would be in France. I’m not a planned and don’t see myself planning out a six month walk to know where I would stay every night so I didn’t include this information. I’m not sure if that would be required or if I could just provide a general Gronze schedule and that would enough?
In the rejection notice I was told I could include the missing information and reapply but my circumstances have changed so that much time isn’t reasonable anymore.
Some good news is that if I reapply in the future it will be much easier because they already have my biometric info so I can just do it through the mail and won’t need another in person interview.
I’m still planning on walking but need to limit my time to ninety days. Can anyone recommend a ninety day Camino that can be done in winter
