Can I get a Tourist Schengen visa if I'm unemployed?

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It is impossible to say. Granting or denying a visa is often a subjective decision made by a consular employee and not based on well-defined rules leading to a 'yes' or 'no' decision.

Assuming that you have enough savings to finance your holiday, in case of a Schengen visa you are required to produce further documentation, e.g.:

'information enabling an assessment of the applicant’s intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa applied for' - Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, article 14 1(d)

Basically, the examining officer will try to assess your ties to your home country and the risk of you stay illegaly in the Schengen area after the expiration of your visa. Being unemployed clearly counts against you, but if you e.g. have a good standing in the labour market of your home country and are likely to find a new job without much problems, being unemployed itself does not automatically cause a visa application to be rejected.

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