3 tips for successfully applying for a self-funded tourist visa to Europe 100%

You want to apply for a self-guided European tourist visa in a simple and easy way. Read my tips, and you will know how to apply for a European visa with 100% success.

You can easily apply for a European scenic tourist visa

What is a Schengen Visa?

You may be quite unfamiliar with the term Schengen Visa, but it is a travel visa for 26 European countries. Simply put, these 26 European countries will use the same visa, and as long as one of the 26 countries on this list agrees to grant you a visa, it means the remaining 25 countries are wide open for your visit.

European Visa Image

However, there are some notes about applying for a visa as follows

• If you are only visiting one country, you only need to apply for a visa from that country.
• If you are visiting 2 or more countries, you must apply for a visa from the country where you will stay the longest. If the duration of stay in the countries is equal, you must apply for a visa from the country you visit first.

Usually, people will visit multiple European countries because these countries are close to each other. Just like the provinces in Vietnam.

• For example, you plan to go to France, Germany, Italy and will fly to France first.
• If you are staying in Italy the longest, you must go to the Italian Embassy/Consulate to apply for a Schengen visa.
• If the duration of stay in the three countries is the same, you must go to the French Embassy/Consulate to apply for a European visa.

For my recent trip to Europe, I applied for a European visa at TLSContact – the official authorized representative of the French Embassy/Consulate in Vietnam, specializing in receiving, collecting fees, and returning passports for European visa applicants.

French Tourist Visa

Fill out the visa application form to submit your application

There are many ways for you to get a complete visa application form. The first way is to go to the embassy to get the form and fill it all out. Or you can go to websites to download the template and fill in all the information. A point worth noting is that you must fill in all information carefully and completely, and you must write correctly and completely without leaving any fields marked with (*). My recent experience applying for a European visa shows that before submitting your application, the receptionist will check this declaration form one last time and only help with necessary corrections.

Application for European Visa

• Completed visa application form as above
• 02 photos 3.5cm x 4.5cm (white background)
• Passport

Original + copy (notarization not required): issued no more than 10 years ago and valid for at least 3 months after the date of departure from Europe Household registration book: original + copy (notarization not required) + 01 copy translated into English Translation must be done by an authorized translation service. As only they have the legal right and obligation to certify the content of this translation

• ID Card

Original + copy (notarization not required)

• Trip Itinerary

Specify the date, location, and destination No need for excessive detail about the places to visit

• Proof of travel dates

Bank statement for the last 3 months from the salary account, stamped by the bank Savings account balance certificate. When I applied for a European visa, my savings account had 100 million VND Payslips for the last 3 months. Employment contract (in English) + 01 copy. Company confirmation (stamped, signed) stating your position and salary as per the employment contract. Company confirmation (stamped, signed) granting you leave for the dates of your European trip.