Embassy of Estonia — Local services in London

Avoid applying for a Schengen visa for Estonia. They rejected my visa application for no valid reason and are now asking for an additional 80 euros to review it again. I made a mistake by not reading the negative reviews on this page.

I applied for a Schengen visa to Estonia on November 7th from Cardiff, hoping to experience a white Christmas in the region. My travel plans included visits to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, with Estonia as my point of entry (and staying there longest). However, my visa application was rejected on November 16th given two Vague general reasons and my passport was returned to me on November 24th.

Vague Reason 1: ** The information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was unreliable: I paid for accommodation for my stay in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and also purchased flight tickets along with travel bus transport between these countries. However, I am unsure of what else is expected of me, as I have obtained my past eight Schengen visas by simply providing these documents. (To clarify, I did not use any dummy tickets or bookings. I paid for everything myself, so the rejection caused me financial damage since all my bookings were non-refundable.)

Vague Reason 2: There are reasonable doubts as to your intention to leave the territory of the member of states before the expiry of the visa: I have indefinite leave to remain status in the UK and a well-paying permanent job here. It doesn't make sense for me to leave my current life and move to Estonia. I have already provided a letter from my company, bank statements, and payslips as evidence. What else can I provide to convince them?

I have traveled to Europe over 25 times in the past five years and have received eight previous Schengen visas. It is extremely unfair to reject my application based on these two reasons. To be honest, it feels like a bit of a scam. I provided all the documents on the checklist, so if there were any doubts or if they needed more information, they could have...

What a joke and disgrace for this embassy to reject my application based on doubt they think I'll not come back from Estonia How can someone that have just been to Estonia and back this year with 1 Year Schengen visa, Have indefinite Leave to Remain in UK, Have a child in UK Have a good job that pays over £30k a year Have previously held 3 Schengen visas Have been to Schengen area more than 10 rimes Go to Estonia and never come back? Maybe they do this just to get people to appeal and pay €80 and after appeal they reject it again and advice you to appeal again which is second stage appeal and pay again €80 If not how can you look into my passport and see that I've just came back from Estonia this year for holiday and reject my visa application based on doubt I won't come back next time? You're a joke whoever processed my application You're a joke thinking I'll leave my family, my child and job to go and live in Estonia Is like going from...

I am so grateful to a very professional and extremely helpful Estonian Embassy Team Members.❤️ Without their help and guidance would not know how to apply for a Schengen visa, as so many things have changed since Brexit. The communication with the Embassy has been exceptional!!! All the questions were answered very quickly and all the additional information was provided. They went out of their way and ensured that everything will go smoothly on the application day. Thank you very much for being so helpful, patient and answering all of our...