to book or not to book??

[stevewool]

you book your flight after you have got your visa , you give a date that you would like to travel by on your visa aplication but you dont buy your flight first

[ana07cutiepie]

you book your flight after you have got your visa , you give a date that you would like to travel by on your visa aplication but you dont buy your flight first

but its one of the requirements and we are afraid that if we dont book a flight it might affect to the decision of approving the visa :/

[Terpe]

but its one of the requirements and we are afraid that if we dont book a flight it might affect to the decision of approving the visa :/

In principle you are correct, you need to book some kind of travel. You may also need to have some kind of travel insurance and an invitation letter from an Austrian resident.

Here is a typical Schengen Visa application form :-
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/s...antragEngl.pdf

May I suggest to contact the embassy/consulate just to be sure you will be able to comply with all requirements.

[ana07cutiepie]

In principle you are correct, you need to book some kind of travel. You may also need to have some kind of travel insurance and an invitation letter from an Austrian resident.

Here is a typical Schengen Visa application form :-
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/s...antragEngl.pdf

May I suggest to contact the embassy/consulate just to be sure you will be able to comply with all requirements.

travel insurance and invitation letter is okay we already prepared that.. and the form its already ready just need to paste a picture..

ah yah one question, do I need to do a medical examination or so when applying a schengen visa??

thanks a lot. x

[Arthur Little]

you book your flight after you have got your visa , you give a date that you would like to travel by on your visa aplication but you dont buy your flight first

Ah ... that would seem the logical approach, Steve. Unfortunately, it doesn't [NOW] work that way with Schengen Visas - that are needed for visiting EU countries like Austria. It USED to ... when Myrna & I went to Paris in *March 2010, for instance. At *that time, it wasn't necessary for MARRIED partners of British Citizens to pre-book. But alas, the rules appear to've tightened-up more recently ... as WE discovered when we applied to go to Rome last month. We'd to present our air tickets and booking confirmation to the Italian Embassy (in Edinburgh, in OUR case) on the latter occasion.