Hi, I was wondering if anyone has experience applying for a type D visa from the US. Since I live in Illinois, I have to apply by mail to the embassy in DC. I'm staying in Switzerland for a year to work at CERN and I need to be there on June 21st. I'm concerned about sending my passport in the mail to the embassy if it'll take them 8-10 weeks to process my application and return it. Anyone have experience with the processing times? Or suggestions as to what I should do? Thanks.
Shannon
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has experience applying for a type D visa from the US. Since I live in Illinois, I have to apply by mail to the embassy in DC. I'm staying in Switzerland for a year to work at CERN and I need to be there on June 21st. I'm concerned about sending my passport in the mail to the embassy if it'll take them 8-10 weeks to process my application and return it. Anyone have experience with the processing times? Or suggestions as to what I should do? Thanks.
Shannon
Hi Shannon,
I have no first hand experience with this, since I didn't need a Schengen Visa, but I would say that sending them your passport this close to the date you have to be in Geneva is not a very good idea...
I would advise you to contact the User's Office at CERN or the secretariat of the experiment you'll be working for (if this applies) to ask if they have any useful information for you. You can also try asking these questions in the Young@CERN fb group: it's filled with non-europeans who probably had to do similar things to what you should do now.
Hope this helps and good luck!
Hi Shannon,
I have no first hand experience with this, since I didn't need a Schengen Visa, but I would say that sending them your passport this close to the date you have to be in Geneva is not a very good idea...
I would advise you to contact the User's Office at CERN or the secretariat of the experiment you'll be working for (if this applies) to ask if they have any useful information for you. You can also try asking these questions in the Young@CERN fb group: it's filled with non-europeans who probably had to do similar things to what you should do now.
Hope this helps and good luck!
Hi Shannon,
I'm in the midst of applying for my Type D visa as well, but at least I am based in Washington DC. Ask the embassy if CERN is on their list of organizations with agreements for expedited processing times. The organization that I will work is on that list and the processing time is reduced to only 10 business days.
Shanna
Hi Shannon,
I'm in the midst of applying for my Type D visa as well, but at least I am based in Washington DC. Ask the embassy if CERN is on their list of organizations with agreements for expedited processing times. The organization that I will work is on that list and the processing time is reduced to only 10 business days.
Shanna
Hi,
Thank you for your replies! I finally got in touch with the embassy in Washington and they said that the processing time for CERN visas are only one week. So they must have one of those expedited agreements, and everything should work out. Yay!
Shannon
Hi,
Thank you for your replies! I finally got in touch with the embassy in Washington and they said that the processing time for CERN visas are only one week. So they must have one of those expedited agreements, and everything should work out. Yay!
Shannon
