Passport outer cover with slight damage
I need to travel to Germany this coming January 14th for an interview. The travel is only for 4 days. I have submitted all the relevant and supporting documents for getting the travel schengen visa. When I submitted my passport to VFS they told me the passport is damaged. But the damage is only to the over cover towards to the edges like as shown below and all the inner pages and information are perfectly fine. VFS has taken my application but told me that they cant guarantee. The tickets are all booked using this passport number so I cannot apply for a new one at this moment of time
Like to know whether my application will be accepted or rejected.
Best Answer
My suggestion is to use a passport cover. I’ve used a passport with a cover in Europe literally tens of times and nobody ever removed it.
It mainly depends on the agent you’ll meet but there’s no reason not to try to avoid the discussion completely.
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