everydaysthesame Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 So me and my wife have had a bit of a headache getting the Schengen visa for our trip to italy. We eventually got it 36 days after applying - we had to pick it up ourselves the day before flying to the UK. Anyway our trip to Italy is planned for Jan 3rd. We are already on holiday in the UK. We just read a piece of paper that came back with the passport which states: "not withstanding the fact that one has been granted the visa, border authorities are authorised ti request again the proof of the prerequisites for obtaining that visa' So basically we are supposed to take all the documents we used to apply for the visa with us! So its a bit late for us to find this out as we are 10,000km from home where the documents are. its our own fault I guess but if the visa had come back on time we might have seen these instructions whilst we were still able to do something about them. The questions is. Has anyone ever been asked to present these documents again when entering the Schengen area (or more specifically italy)? Starting to stress out AGAIN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Didn't happen when I took my girl to Switzerland. Might have been different if she had turned up on her own. It was completely painless. I wouldn't worry too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas_cars Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I wouldn't worry too much if you have confirmed return tickets, sufficient funds and schengen insurance in order once you reach schengen border. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydaysthesame Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Thanks for the replys. Yeah it SHOULD be ok. i guess they just reserve the right to check on anyone looking dodgy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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