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Schengen visa for UAE residents
Schengen Visa is a short-stay visa that lets you travel freely within 29 European countries without having to get a new visa for each country. The Schengen Area consists of 29 European nations, including Romania and Bulgaria, which just entered the Schengen area. It typically allows you to stay for up to 90 days within a 180-day period traveling for leisure, business, or family visits and it really makes exploring Europe easier.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Valid Documents: You must have a valid passport and a UAE residence visa with at least 6 months of validity remaining from your planned travel date.
- Financial Criteria: A minimum monthly salary of AED 3,500 or more is required. Additionally, your UAE bank account should show a healthy balance—ideally between AED 15,000 to 20,000—over the past 3 to 6 months, though this may vary depending on the country you’re applying to.
Types of Schengen visas & Schengen Countries
- The Uniform Schengen Visa (USV), allows you a short-term visit for tourism, business, or visiting purposes.
- The Schengen Airport Transit Visa (ATV), is required, while you are visiting different countries passing through the Schengen areas.
- The Limited Territorial Validity Visa (LTV), is granted in exceptional cases when a visa holder is only allowed to enter and stay in specific Schengen countries.
Benefit of having a Schengen Visa.
Benefit of having an approved Schengen Tourist or Business Visas in your passport will indicate that you have a good travel history and increase chances by more than 90% to apply and get visas easily and quickly for other popular countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada which frequently issue long-term visas.
If you have any previous Schengen travel history in your passport, you have a higher chance of getting approval for multiple entry visa to Schengen.
Schengen visa requirements for UAE residents
- Passport with 2 blank consecutive pages
- UAE visa valid for more than 3-6 months.
- 2 Passport size photos with white background
- Emirates ID copy
- 3 to 6 months bank statement
- Original NOC letter from your current employer or sponsor ( We will share the correct format with you )
- Your trade license copy ( if you are a business partner in UAE )
Schengen visa cost for UAE Residents
- Regal service fee is AED 850, including the preparation of all your documents, Application filling, hotel & air ticket booking for visa purpose, cover letter, VFS appointment and valid travel insurance.
- At the time of submitting the documents at VFS, you need to pay visa fee & VFS charges of approximately AED 400 at the VFS office.
- If there are more than 2 applicants, please call Regal Tours to get your discounted special price.
Schengen visa processing time from UAE
- The processing time is 10 to 14 working days from the date of submission.
- However, if it is urgent for you please let us know, we can help you to get fastest Schengen visa from Dubai, or Abu Dhabi with our premium VFS appointment fee.
How to Secure the Fastest Schengen Visa in Dubai
If you want to obtain the fastest Schengen visa in Dubai, you must prepare your application at least one to two months before your travel date. Getting a visa to Schengen from UAE is not easy as you might think because securing an early appointment is a crucial step in the process. To get an early Schengen visa appointment in Dubai, we can guide you to get an early Schengen appointment. By following these steps, you can easily obtain a faster visa for any Schengen country by securing an earliest possible Schengen appointment in Dubai or Abu Dhabi.
1. Complete Your Visa Application
Make sure to complete all required fields in your application and ensure your travel dates and documents are accurate. This will prevent delays when scheduling your appointment.
2. Monitor for New Appointment Opening
Keep checking for appointment availability or let us help you monitor these openings for you, so you don’t miss out on the earliest slot.
For over 12 years we have helped thousands of UAE residents to get fastest Schengen visa from Dubai, UAE and made their dream of Europe travel possible. If you have any question or doubt regarding your Schengen travel or visa appointment. Contact us today by Call / WhatsApp on +971502315207 or by email info@regaluae.com for the expert assistance with your Schengen travel application and appointment in UAE, and we’ll guide you through every step to ensure a smooth process.
Our expert visa consultant will guide you with the entire visa process until you get your visa decision from the Embassy or consulate. Misguidance and poor documentation can lead to your visa rejection. To get your visa approved without any issue, we can help you avoid some common mistakes while you are preparing the application and paper works.
Simply send us a WhatsApp message with the text:
“I want an early Schengen appointment in Dubai or Abu Dhabi.”
Get your premium VFS lounge service and avoid waiting
- While applying for your visa to any Schengen country, please take VFS premium lounge service, so that you don't have to wait in long queues for hours and hours. This special VFS lounge service will get you quickly as the first applicant and the VFS premium staff will personally take care of your applications as their most priority.
Please remember to buy your Worldwide medical covered travel insurance which will cover any unexpected emergencies, and below mentioned are your benefits.
You will get 24 hours, 7 days a week – assistance wherever you go. This Insurance will cover your all kind of unexpected medical emergencies and medical expenses up to USD 50,000 which is going to be very good for you, which all other travelers buy.
How to apply for a Schengen visa from Dubai?
To apply for your visa, please send your Schengen Travel documents to Regal Tours by WhatsApp on +971502315207 or by email info@regaluae.com
About Payment
- Once we have received your above documents, we will reply to you with the online & offline payment methods.
- We accept all types of online & offline payment methods including accepting all credit / debit cards.
- You can pay to our agency bank account, the payment can also be done at Regal Tours office by cash or card.
- You can also pay us through any money exchange near to you.
FAQ ( Frequently Asked Questions )
Please send your travel documents to Regal Tours by WhatsApp on +971502315207 or by email us to info@regaluae.com
AED 850, including the preparation of all your documents, application filling, hotel & air ticket booking for visa purpose, cover letter, VFS appointment and valid travel insurance.
- Copy of your valid passport.
- UAE residence visa copy.
- 2 Passport size photos with white background.
- Emirates ID copy.
- 3 to 6 months bank statement.
- Original NOC letter from your current employer or sponsor. ( We will share the correct format with you ).
- Your trade license copy ( if you are a business partner in UAE )
10 to 14 working days from the date of submission
Yes, it is possible, Schengen visa process will take approximately 10 to 14 working days, if you want to process quickly then gather your documents and get earliest available VFS appointment with premium lounge service through Regal Tours.
No, you cannot enter any European country with a Schengen visa. The Schengen visa only allows you to enter countries within the Schengen Area, which consists of 29 European countries. It does not grant you access to countries that are part of Europe but are not in the Schengen Area, such as the UK, Ireland, or certain other non-Schengen countries. Therefore, your Schengen visa is valid only for the countries that are part of the Schengen zone, not all European nations. country which is your primary destination.
Eligibility for a Schengen visa depends on several factors, including travel history, how long you have been in the UAE, and financial requirements. A minimum salary of 3,500–4,000 dirhams is required, and if applying alone, your bank balance should 15,000 dirhams or more. If applying with your family, the required balance increases to 30,000–35,000 dirhams.
Yes, we can help you assess all the documents, and after reviewing all the documents, then we will proceed further and accordingly. We will go through the documents and see for which reason they have rejected and accordingly, we’ll prepare the new documents and add some more additional documents to make sure we get the visa this time.
The requirement is $50,000, which we do it from our office itself, which is already
included in the charges I have mentioned to you.
If you get a single entry visa, then your primary destination and start should be from that particular country that you applied for, and then, you can travel to any other Schengen country within the visa validity.
If you get a multiple entry visa, then you can travel to any of the Schengen countries, no matter from which country you have applied for the visa, but you have to visit the country specifically at least once during the visa validity.
If your purpose is for tourism, you can only do tourist activities, and if you are travelling with a business visa, you can go for business meetings and conferences.
You don’t have to worry about this rejection part; we only apply the applications when we are sure, and after assessing all your documents, when we know that there are high chances of approvals, then only we will process the applications. Or else, upfront, we will tell you that your application is not good; we won’t be processing the application.
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