VFS Italy appointment booked with incorrect visa category

[neesh]

Hi all,

I am in the process of applying for my wife's Schengen visa for our trip to Italy in April. I am a British national and we wanted to apply for a short-stay visa for her under "EEA/EU family member" category.

At the time of completing the online application - i selected "other" for Question 21 ("Main purpose(s) of the journey") - and added "Family member for EU citizen" as a remark.

However when booking the VFS appointment - i somehow booked for visa category "Tourist".

Would this be a problem when we go for our appointment? There are no appointments available for our dates anymore and hence we would like to keep this appointment. But we are unsure if we are going to be allowed to submit the application due to this mismatch.

has anyone got any experience, maybe of a similar situation? any feedback would be much appreciated.

thanks
neesh

[bruteforce]

I don't think this is a big issue, staff will look at your documentation & treat your application as a spouse of EU national. You will probable only pay the processing fee & not the visa fee.

[neesh]

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I don't think this is a big issue, staff will look at your documentation & treat your application as a spouse of EU national. You will probable only pay the processing fee & not the visa fee.
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thank you for your reply. much appreciated.

[Prawo]

Did your wife already file her application?
And to your satisfaction?

[neesh]

hi prawo - yes, it was all pretty smooth. VFS did not ask her anything about the incorrect category.

also they only took exactly those documents as mentioned in the checklist (the one you get when you book an appointment). see list below

1. EU citizen passport copy
2. marriage certificate copy
3. confirmed flight tickets with both our names
4. her passport and BRP copy
5. application form

we had other documents but they did not take any. the entire process from submission to receiving passport took 4 days.