Those who have got the Swiss Visa, please help ...

[Ashish Anand]

Hello

Well I sent a mail to the Zurich migration office regarding my visa
application

they sent me a reply in German

So I sent a mail to the Swiss Embassy in Delhi

they said that my Visa has been approved and I must submit my passport

So does that mean that I won't be getting that 95 CHF receipt from the
Swiss Migration Board ? or will I be getting it once I go for
stamping ?

In case I get the receipt, what am I supposed to do after that ?
One of you guys did mention about this in one of the posts but I
couldn't
get all the information I need. So can anyone lay out the process once
again.

Also as I had applied with the Swiss Visa Application center (VFS in
short) and not the embassy,so where should I go for the Visa
stamping : embassy or VFS

have tried contacting VFS guys, but their phone line seems to be busy
every time I call

thanks

Ashish

[Prateek Agarwal]

regarding the receipt I would recommend you to contact the rektorat's office in ETH or any person from ETH with whom you might be having regular contact.

[Kartik Sivaraman]

Hello all,

Everybody gets the receipt for the 95 Francs at some point of time. Some get it alongwith the visa stamp in India itself and are required to pay it within 15 days of arriving in Switzerland. Others get it at the time of issue of the residence permit here in Switzerland. Its a compulsory fee for the Immigration office and the criteria for giving the receipt in India or in Switzerland is not clear. No need for panic though.

Regards
Kartik

[Ashish Anand]

Thanks a lot for the information, , Prateek and Kartik, .

Ashish

On Aug 12, 9:08 pm, "Kartik Sivaraman" <kartik.m.sivara...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[divay bansal]

Hi Ashish,

 

Where is your passport currently? Stamping will be done at embasssy not VFS. IF your passport is with VFS ask them to  submit it to embassy. You should call them between there contact timings mentioned on the website. Generally phone is not busy and they take the call.After stamping you need to collect it from VFS itself. Did embassy ppl asked you to collect any reciept? if  yes then  you need to go to embassy to collect the receipt. They wouldnot stamp  your passport till  you collect the receipt by yourself. If  you have ur passport then you need to directly  go to embassy stamp it and take it back.

 

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[Ashish Anand]

Hello Divay.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, the passport's with me and I'll go straight to the Embassy for
stamping.
The Embassy hasn't asked me to collect any receipt. Probably, they'll
hand it
over to me once I go there for stamping.

Do I need any prior appointment with the Embassy btw ?

Thanks again

Ashish

On Aug 13, 9:33 am, "divay bansal" <divay.ban...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ashish,
>
> Where is your passport currently? Stamping will be done at embasssy not VFS.
> IF your passport is with VFS ask them to  submit it to embassy. You should
> call them between there contact timings mentioned on the website. Generally
> phone is not busy and they take the call.After stamping you need to collect
> it from VFS itself. Did embassy ppl asked you to collect any reciept? if
> yes then  you need to go to embassy to collect the receipt. They wouldnot
> stamp  your passport till  you collect the receipt by yourself. If  you have
> ur passport then you need to directly  go to embassy stamp it and take it
> back.
>
> Regards
> Divay Bansal
>

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Ashish Anand <mailme.ash...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks a lot for the information, , Prateek and Kartik, .
>
> > Ashish
>
> > On Aug 12, 9:08 pm, "Kartik Sivaraman" <kartik.m.sivara...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >  > Hello all,
>
> > > Everybody gets the receipt for the 95 Francs at some point of time. Some
> > get
> > > it alongwith the visa stamp in India itself and are required to pay it
> > > within 15 days of arriving in Switzerland. Others get it at the time of
> > > issue of the residence permit here in Switzerland. Its a compulsory fee
> > for
> > > the Immigration office and the criteria for giving the receipt in India
> > or
> > > in Switzerland is not clear. No need for panic though.
>
> > > Regards
> > > Kartik
>

> --
> Regards
>
> Divay Bansal
>
> Associate Engineer
> GlobalLogic India Pvt Ltd (Formerly Induslogic)

[divay bansal]

No. You can go to the embassy any day except holidays. Check the contact timings before leaving. The morning timings are 8:30am to 9:am.

[Ashish Anand]

Thanks for the info. But just half-an-hour ?
Will check it up on their website though.

Ashish

On Aug 13, 1:30 pm, "divay bansal" <divay.ban...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No. You can go to the embassy any day except holidays. Check the
> contact timings before leaving. The morning timings are 8:30am to 9:am.
>

[Ashish Kumar]

hey,

I think the delhi consulate does not inform about visa approvals. After ashish's mail I also mailed the embassy and got the reply that visa has been granted and submit passport. So, anybody who has applied in delhi more than six weeks ago should mail (or call) and ask about their status.

Ashish

[divay bansal]

I got the call from delhi embassy for the visa.

[navish]

Hi Divay

Can I know how much time it took for you for getting visa.

Regards
Navish

On Aug 13, 5:30 pm, "divay bansal" <divay.ban...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got the call from delhi embassy for the visa.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Ashish Kumar <kumar.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hey,
>
> > I think the delhi consulate does not inform about visa approvals. After
> > ashish's mail I also mailed the embassy and got the reply that visa has been
> > granted and submit passport. So, anybody who has applied in delhi more than
> > six weeks ago should mail (or call) and ask about their status.
>
> > Ashish
>

[Ashish Anand]

Hey Ashish, ( the other one obviously ) when are you planning to
visit the Embassy ?

Also does it take 5 days to the passport back once it has been
submitted with the Embassy for stamping purpose (mentioned on the
website of Swiss Embassy in New Delhi) ?

[Ashish Kumar]

hey ,
not yet decided on that, may be tomorrow (if not, then monday).  I dont know How many days it takes. I am leaving on 4th so their is no dearth of time, When are you leaving?

[Ashish Anand]

I'll be paying a visit to the Embassy tomorrow. So well get to know
the details then only. I am planning to leave on 3rd or 4th. Will
book a flight once the Visa thingy gets cleared.

Which flight have you chosen and you'll be flying from where
(airport) ?

On Aug 13, 6:51 pm, "Ashish Kumar" <kumar.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey ,
> not yet decided on that, may be tomorrow (if not, then monday).  I dont know
> How many days it takes. I am leaving on 4th so their is no dearth of time,
> When are you leaving?
>

[Ashish Kumar]

I have booked in swissair, leaving from delhi(IGI). its on 4th, time 1:20 am.

[divay bansal]

Hi Navish,

 

I applied on 27th of May. I got the visa in 8 weeks...

[ETH International Student Support]

Hi all

About the CHF 95: Sometimes, the Migration office in Zurich sends the
bill to India, sometimes they send it to me (or any office at ETH) to
hand it over to you after arrival (depends on the officer in charge).
If you don't receive it in India, please come to my office after
arrival to check whether I have it or not. Usually, the bill can be
paid AFTER immigration (this should be mentioned on the bill, but it
is usually in German....) Send me a scan if you are not sure. Anyway:
don't worry about these bills. If you don't get one, don't ask for it!
Sometimes they seem to forget to send one, but this will not have an
influence on your residence permit.

Regards,
ETH International Student Support

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[Ashish Kumar]

hey ashish,

You werent their in the embassy today,  I didnt saw any student. By the way, they told me to fill up one more visa application form (I think that is just for the records of embassy, they dont have my application or something). I didnt had a photo in hand so will be visiting embassy on monday. By the way, it only takes a day for stamping, you can collect your visa from embassy the other day.

 

[Ashish Anand]

Hey.
I had the notion in my mind that it will take the embassy 2-3 days.
So avoided going today as we have three days of holidays starting
from today.

What's your contact number btw ?

They didn't have your application, What does that mean ?
Also, how many photographs do they require ?

Ashish

On Aug 14, 10:44 pm, "Ashish Kumar" <kumar.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey ashish,
> You werent their in the embassy today,  I didnt saw any student. By the way,
> they told me to fill up one more visa application form (I think that is just
> for the records of embassy, they dont have my application or something). I
> didnt had a photo in hand so will be visiting embassy on monday. By the way,
> it only takes a day for stamping, you can collect your visa from embassy the
> other day.
>
> On 8/14/08, ETH International Student Support <
>

[Parit Bansal]

haddd ho gayee yaar.. they ddnt have ther application..man am shit scared of my visa.

- Parit

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[Ashish Kumar]

hey,

Don't freak out guys. I think its just a formality, the girl in the counter looked very cool about it. I THINK (she didnt mentioned, but the attendant outside suggested) they were unable to locate my copy of application which has to be at embassy. I have to fill up one form, so just keep a photo whoever is going to submit passport.

Ashish

[Ashish Anand]

Remember guys, that we were asked to submit three completely filled
application forms at the time of applying
for our Visa. I guess all three of us (at least Kumar and I did) had
applied with the VFS and not with the Embassy.
The VFS is supposed to keep one form with itself and send it to the
Embassy for record-keeping purposes.
However, I think that there is some serious synchronization issues
between the two (VFS and the Embassy).
Take for instance, when I called VFS they had no clue about my Visa
and asked me to wait for another 2 weeks
while I got a mail from the Embassy (as a reply to my query) that my
Visa has been approved.

So I guess, Ashish Kumar is right. The form is just a formality and
nothing more than that.

Ashish Anand

On Aug 15, 8:12 am, "Ashish Kumar" <kumar.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey,
>

> Don't freak out guys. I think its just a formality, the girl in the counter
> looked very cool about it. I THINK (she didnt mentioned, but the attendant
> outside suggested) they were unable to locate my copy of application which
> has to be at embassy. I have to fill up one form, so just keep a photo
> whoever is going to submit passport.
>
> Ashish
>

> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Parit Bansal <parit.ban...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > haddd ho gayee yaar.. they ddnt have ther application..man am shit scared
> > of my visa.
>
> > - Parit
>

> > Email: parit.ban...@gmail.com
> > Web:http://www.guptalab.org/paritbansal/