Editorial desk
ReservationPoints Schengen & Europe Visa Desk
This desk covers the European Travel file and European entry rules: what the Visa Code requires, and where individual consulates ask for something different.
A desk is an editorial function at Reservation Points, not a person. Articles are assigned to the desk that owns the subject and the sources it is allowed to reason from. Both are stated below so you can check them.
What this desk covers
The European Travel file and the wider European entry rules. The legal framework (Visa Code Article 6(1), Article 14, Annex I, Annex II Section B), member-state divergence, means of subsistence, accommodation proof for a Schengen application, application sequencing, consular verification, and the United Kingdom’s separate regime.
What it reasons from
These are the classes of source this desk is permitted to use. Where a page states a rule, the rule is quoted from one of them, with the date it was read.
- The EU Visa Code and its annexes, cited by article and annex number
- Individual member-state consulate and ministry pages, in the member state's own words, with the URL and the date read
- European Commission visa policy pages
- UK Home Office guidance
- Where consulates disagree, both are quoted — the divergence is the story
Geographic focus
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and any other European country by region fallback.
Articles from this desk
- Applying for a European Travel from the UK (2026): Complete VFS, TLScontact & BLS Document Checklist
- France European Travel via TLScontact (UK & US): Flight, Hotel & Day-by-Day Travel Plan Guide
- Spain European Travel via BLS International: Hotel Reservation, Flight & Cover Letter Rules
- How to Write a Day-by-Day Travel Plan for a European Travel (7, 10 & 14-Day Templates)
- Multi-Country Schengen Trip? How to Match Hotel Reservations, Trains & Flights
- Why Cancelling a Booking.com Hotel Before Visa Decision Triggers Refusals
- How to Fix European Travel Refusal Reason #2 & #8 ("Justification for Purpose & Conditions of Stay")
Corrections
If something on a page from this desk is wrong, or a source has changed since the date we read it, tell us at contact us and we will check the source again.