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Can anyone (who's been to the VAC recently) please share the updated list of documents to be submitted at TLS France?

I've seen the list from the France visa application portal and below is what I've listed down so far, but I also know they sometimes update/change the list of required documents without updating the site immediately so I wanted to be sure.


1. Cover letter
2. Itinerary
3. Employment details
3a. Employment offer letter
3b. Confirmation of employment
3c. Work ID
3d. Leave letter
3e. NOC letter
4. Flight bookings
5. Hotel bookings
6. Insurance from AXA
7. Strong ties to home country
7a. NIN
7b. Birth certificate
7c. University degree
7d. NYSC certificate
7e. Properties documents

edit
I understand some of these are not strictly required but I'm trying to put the best foot forward as a first time applicant

Just to add, sir/ma, if this is your first Schengen visa application, it's better to keep your itinerary to only France (officially) and request for the number of days that will allow you to visit Spain also.

But if you've enough travel history or you've been in the Schengen zone before, no qualms.

Whatever you do, best of luck on it.

Just letting you know there's too much scrutiny on first time applicants (especially, if you've got no travel history).

Alexie89:
Hello
Please I need an advice,
So in my form I indicated I was going to Spain for 2days from france, I submitted the hotel reservations for both france and Spain but I didn't submit any transportation reservations to Spain. I indicated in my itinerary that I will buy my train ticket to Spain at the station.

Is this a red flag? I already submitted, just want to know

Can a first time Schengen applicant use book now, pay later hotel for their visa application?

It's okay. And that one month gives you more opportunity to perfect your documents.

Best of luck

austino677:
thanks
Hi, as first timer TLS appointment date and proposed travel date is within one month.. Is it OK? Or change it to far more date

Dorker:
Please these are my questions::

1. What is the best time to book for vacation or conference?
2. Which one is more better to give higher visa approval between Vacation or conference? I don’t have anyone in France that can send me invite.
3. Which one give me upper hand between paid conference or free conference?
4. Can I just pick any conference off on google or are there any conferences that can give me upper hand I don’t mind paying.
What are the other information that I need also I plan to visit Germany from France is it possible?

1. As a first timer, don't book for May - July since that's peak summer time and tourist from 1st world countries will also be going to France. The problem here is the visa officers will be swarmed with applications both of other first timers and experienced travelers. And they will likely just grant experienced travelers without much checking but will look into a first timer's application more closely.

2. I can't say about that but if you prepare your documents accurately, either option is fine. In fact, I'll prefer the vacation. Of course, if your bank statement and other documents qualify for vacation.

3. The visa officer will likely not even know about the conference so they won't care whether it's paid or free. At most, they might just email the organizers to confirm if you're actually on their list of attendees. But I'll lean more into a paid conference since that means there'll be less people applying for such conference so if/when the visa officer contacts the organizers about you, they will get a quicker confirmation.

4. Yes, you can pick any conference on anywhere. This is the best site I know for finding conferences 10times dot com (there you can filter by industry/discipline/month/country etc). But I'll advise that whatever conference you want to choose, make sure it's related to your field of study/work/business. For example, if you have a logistics business and you say you want to attend a conference in Fisheries, it will look fishy unless you can explain how that will contribute to your logistics business or vice versa.

5. It's possible to visit any other Schengen country from France provided you did not overstay in the Schengen zone. The general rule of thumb is to enter the Schengen zone via the country that issued you visa (so you can get the country's entry stamp on your passport), spend the most days in the visa issue country, and if you can exit via the visa issuing country. However, for a first timer, it's advisable to not state that you're planning to visit other countries. Keep your cover letter and itinerary to a single country then when you get the visa, you can go wherever you want as far you keep in mind the general rule of thumb.

Hi everyone

I'm having a bit of a confusion. The company I'm working for, I started there in September 2022 but it was in October 2023 the company did it's CAC registration. Will this raise any concern when I submit my employment letter dated 2022 while the CAC certificate was issued in 2023?