Hotel voucher for applying for a Schengen visa in New York City, USA (email confirmations not acceptable)
I realised that this might have been asked before from this Visa for France - showing actual hotel booking?
I did that when I was in the UK as well. I showed them email confirmations from Booking.com and I got the visa. However, now I'm going to apply from New York City and when I looked at the requirements I found this (it's from http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/Short-stay-visa-for-tourism):
PROOF OF ACCOMODATION (for the whole length of your stay) (+1 copy) Confirmed and personal reservation from the hotel(s) in France and in the Schengen countries to be visited and which must be sent directly to you and not to the Consulate, confirming your reservations for each night you will spend in France and the Schengen States (we do not accept emails confirmations),
or personal hotel vouchers confirming your booking for a tour with names and addresses of all hotels with the number of nights stay in each (+ 1 copy),
- or if you are staying with family or friend(s) you must present a certificate of board and lodging "Attestation d’Accueil", which has to be obtained by your relatives or friends at the city hall ("Mairie"). The original needs to be stamped by this consulate to be valid and should be presented upon arrival in France.
However, I'm going to book Airbnb as it's a lot cheaper and it suits my needs. I just want to confirm with people who have applied for Schengen visa in the US and showed the email confirmation from either Booking.com or Airbnb and got the visa.
Best Answer
I saw this question put to the Airbnb Facebook page...
They were referred to a page containing this...
Source: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/support/article/449?hc_location=ufi
The page also advises you to contact the consulate or 'legal authority' in the country to which you are travelling. The French consulate in New York has a general enquiry telephone number, but you need the extension of the person before it will engage (for many a waste of time and expense). I would NOT advise approaching a 'legal authority' because Airbnb is 'too new' for an indicative body of case evidence to have accumulated (dated today 13 April 2015).
I would follow Airbnb's support page for a billing receipt and enclose it as proof of accommodation.
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See also...
Earlier this year a bill was also passed in France legalising short term rentals of primary residences - great for Airbnb in Paris.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/08/airbnb-legal-troubles-what-are-the-issues
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In case you have been issued a Schengen visa within the past 59 months for which your fingerprints were taken and you used this visa for entering into the Schengen zone, you may contact the responsible mission if you're eligible to send in your application per mail.What can I do if my Schengen Visa is refused?
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