Schengen Visa

[johncar54]

would you think this will work, we will go to other country like Sri Lanka or Thailand and get married there then go back to france as a married woman and apply my resident visa... how long is the process if we will do that? do you know anybody who done the same?

If you are married then I don't see any problem to you your spouse being allowed to join you in any Schengen country but it would seem you are creating unnecessary problems (paperwork, explaining why you married somewhere else, hoping the consulate will know how to deal with an unusual set of circumstances etc) by thinking of involving another country. Why not get married in Phil? Then its more or less straightforward.

[joeceline]

If you are married then I don't see any problem to you your spouse being allowed to join you in any Schengen country but it would seem you are creating unnecessary problems (paperwork, explaining why you married somewhere else, hoping the consulate will know how to deal with an unusual set of circumstances etc) by thinking of involving another country. Why not get married in Phil? Then its more or less straightforward.

because we want to live together after the marriage. if we marry in Phils we have to wait for the visa to be granted. Is it really like that we have to explain why we have to marry somewhere else? or once we submit all the necessary documents translated into french once we are married everything will be ok. or maybe i will instead apply for tourist visa then get marry in france? If he will sponsor me and include in the letter the main purpose of me requesting for tourist visa is to get marry there since they dont have fiance visa we instead request for a tourist. would u think the embassy will understand that we want to get married in France first?

i can apply for my own tourist visa but the problem is i can only request for 30days stay since i have work in Phils. i dont think 30days can accommodate the marriage documentation. not sure though.

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[johncar54]

because we want to live together after the marriage. if we marry in Phils we have to wait for the visa to be granted. Is it really like that we have to explain why we have to marry somewhere else? or once we submit all the necessary documents translated into french once we are married everything will be ok. or maybe i will instead apply for tourist visa then get marry in france? If he will sponsor me and include in the letter the main purpose of me requesting for tourist visa is to get marry there since they dont have fiance visa we instead request for a tourist. would u think the embassy will understand that we want to get married in France first?

i can apply for my own tourist visa but the problem is i can only request for 30days stay since i have work in Phils. i dont think 30days can accommodate the marriage documentation. not sure though.

Please do not get confused by the procedures in different countries, just be concerned with the country you are going to and only ask the consulate of that country. All countries are different and people give confusing advice when they do not knw.

As I have written here previously, it is VERY difficult to get a tourist visa for Schengen Area and I don't think that a tourist visa would give you the right to get married here.

If you marry in Phil, (and your husband to be brings the papers he needs, you can do the counseling and get married in a few days) once you have the paperwork from the Phil Gov (NSO, Malacañang etc) you can apply for a visa, you do not have to wait, just for the appointment.

Schengen countries are not like the UK where I believe you have to wait. Our friend (Englishman living in Spain) recently married my wife's best friend in Manila. It took a couple of months to get the visa (about 3 weeks after the paper were presented) with no problems, no questions, no exams etc. again not like UK.

If you apply anywhere you would still need the paperwork to support the visa application and I think you have more problems as another country would be involved. In Phil you would be dealing with, in the main, Filipinos and people who speak Tagalog and English. It say Thailand you may need to speak Thai.