Is speaking the country's language fluently regarded favorably when applying for a Schengen visa?

7/7/2023 12:13:38 PM

There are no specific language requirements. If you are just dropping of documents, it won’t make a difference. The docs will be received by a receptionist who receives all sorts of documents for all sorts of reasons. The information what language you used at the front desk will never make it to the actual visa officer.

Even if they knew, this could go two ways. A visa officer mainly tries to answer two questions

  1. Will the applicant return home after their visit or are they trying to stay illegally ?
  2. Is the applicant non-desirable, someone we don’t want to visit our country?

Language abilities would help you with question 2, but are actually detrimental for question 1. If you speak the language, it’s much easier for you to stay and you have already invested time and energy into the country.

I don’t have hard data, but I assume that vast majority of visa rejections is because of question 1.

7/7/2023 11:10:16 AM

For a tourist visa, language ability is highly unlikely to be an official factor in the assessment.

Unofficially, if I were an official interviewing you, I might even find unexpected language ability suspicious. Why would a tourist invest so much effort in studying for a short trip? Is it perhaps a sign that they intend to overstay and work illegally in the country? Again, even in this worst case scenario I doubt this alone would disqualify you, but it might cause more scrutiny of the rest of your application.

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