Greece Schengen Visa queries for UK resident

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If you have already paid for an all-inclusive trip, then that should serve for proving that you have the means to support yourself during the trip and leave afterwards.

However, this is only one of the things bank statements are supposed to document.

The other purpose of asking for bank statement is to document your economic situation in your country of residence such that the consulate can verify that (a) it makes sense for you to spend such-and-such an amount on a vacation trip, and (b) you have ties to your country of residence that will motivate you to leave the Schengen area rather than overstay as an undocumented immigrant.

So you will still need bank statements. The precise amount of money you have is not particularly important in your situation; what IS important is that the statements paint a picture of a stable economy with a reliable income that you would not want to jeopardize in favor of life as an illegal immigrant.

Your spouse and you can rely on the same financial documentation if you share a single household economy. If she has bank accounts of her own, you should document both sides of the economy, with whatever you can get for her self-employment (business registration, tax papers or the like).

See Gayot Fow's excellent answer here, which is also on point for what Schengen consulates look for, in broad strokes.

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