If travelling to Canada and Europe, which visa should I apply for first?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 10 Aug, 2023
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Applying for a visa to a Schengen area country in Europe or for a Canadian visa are two independent procedures, so you can choose to apply for the visas separately or simultaneously. However, since you mentioned that you want to spend three months in Europe before you travel to Canada, it might be logical and wise to first apply for and be granted the visa to a Schengen area country in Europe (such as Belgium or France) so that you will know for sure that this part of your journey is taken care of; then apply for the Canadian visa when you have more reliable details about your expected arrival and departure dates for Canada. If your trip to Canada is the priority destination, however, and the visit to Europe is merely a desirable advance stop-over, you might want to secure the Canadian visa first (noting that the processing time for citizens of India is about 18 days), then apply for the Schengen area visa (which may take less time to process).
In normal circumstances the Schengen application does not care for your Canadian visa; because you are simply applying for a tourist visa to the Schengen area for three months.
However, I believe you plan on submitting an itinerary for your Schengen visa that shows you staying in Brussels for 3 months then departing to Canada; and this case you should already possess a valid visa for Canada before you apply.
In case you want to avoid this, you can submit an itinerary that shows you are returning to India, secure your Schengen visa, and then apply for your Canadian visa.
Then you can adjust your itinerary to fly to Canada from Brussels. Once the visa is issued it does not matter from where you depart to Canada.
- Is there any ferry to the south of Thailand from Vietnam or Cambodia?
- Is China going to be added to the list of countries eligible for working holidays in Australia as part of the upcoming visa changes?
According to the Czech embassy in Delhi, a round trip booking must be submitted, meaning you have to present the ticket to Schengen and to Montreal.
Thus, they may well want to see the Canadian visa. As such, you should get the Canadian visa first
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