- Mar 3, 2011
- 59
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Rome
- NOC Code......
- 0631
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 28 March 2011
- AOR Received.
- 27 April 2011
- File Transfer...
- RBVO: 4 June 2011
- Med's Request
- 11 June 2012
- Med's Done....
- 26 June 2012
- Interview........
- waived
- Passport Req..
- 7 September 2012
- VISA ISSUED...
- 11 October 2012
- LANDED..........
- 13 May 2013
Hello to everyone
and congratz on the great support you give here. Been reading this forum for so long and you gave me lots of useful information. But since I'm planning on applying myself with no consultant help (would it help to hire one if you are to follow the checklist word-by-word?), I do have some questions.
Me and my husband are under Rome's visa office and I am the principal applicant.
1. Spouse work experience
My husband worked only for 2 companies in the past and both were from another country (meaning hard to obtain and translate any documents since we are currently living in Greece). Last job was 2 years ago. From the first one he left after a fight, so no way to ask them now for a reference letter. The other company no longer exists. Here I need some advise from a senior. Should I just mention his experience without providing any supporting documents for it? Maybe it would be preferable to just say he was unemployed from the time he finished his studies? He has a master's degree, so education is no problem. What would create less mess in the application?
2. Cover letter
In general do you provide cover letters with the application? Checklists seem to me very clear, but does a letter written by us help further? And if yes, what should it include?
Meaning, is there ANY other document/letter that is not mentioned in neither's CIO or VO checklist that applicants should include to make the case stronger?
3. Time frame
In order to save time we decided not to give the police certificates now, but wait (hoping that everything will work fine) the VO to ask for them later on. Could anyone estimate how long it takes for the application to be sent to the VO and when they will ask us to provide the police certificates? And how much time does the VO give you to submit them once they ask for them?
4. NOC numbers
My occupation is close to reach the cap and therefore I'm in quite a hurry to submit the application. If I understood correctly my application counts from the moment they open my envelop at the CIO? Or is there any chance that I send the application, they open it and process it later when the cap is already reached?
Any help please greatly appreciated
and congratz on the great support you give here. Been reading this forum for so long and you gave me lots of useful information. But since I'm planning on applying myself with no consultant help (would it help to hire one if you are to follow the checklist word-by-word?), I do have some questions.
Me and my husband are under Rome's visa office and I am the principal applicant.
1. Spouse work experience
My husband worked only for 2 companies in the past and both were from another country (meaning hard to obtain and translate any documents since we are currently living in Greece). Last job was 2 years ago. From the first one he left after a fight, so no way to ask them now for a reference letter. The other company no longer exists. Here I need some advise from a senior. Should I just mention his experience without providing any supporting documents for it? Maybe it would be preferable to just say he was unemployed from the time he finished his studies? He has a master's degree, so education is no problem. What would create less mess in the application?
2. Cover letter
In general do you provide cover letters with the application? Checklists seem to me very clear, but does a letter written by us help further? And if yes, what should it include?
Meaning, is there ANY other document/letter that is not mentioned in neither's CIO or VO checklist that applicants should include to make the case stronger?
3. Time frame
In order to save time we decided not to give the police certificates now, but wait (hoping that everything will work fine) the VO to ask for them later on. Could anyone estimate how long it takes for the application to be sent to the VO and when they will ask us to provide the police certificates? And how much time does the VO give you to submit them once they ask for them?
4. NOC numbers
My occupation is close to reach the cap and therefore I'm in quite a hurry to submit the application. If I understood correctly my application counts from the moment they open my envelop at the CIO? Or is there any chance that I send the application, they open it and process it later when the cap is already reached?
Any help please greatly appreciated