Schengen and UK Visitor Visa Document Pack for Indian Applicants

Indian travellers applying for a Schengen short-stay or UK Standard Visitor visa lose time to scattered advice, inconsistent files and out-of-date checklists. This pack turns that into one dated, sourced set of cover letters, an itinerary and funds planner, and printable checklists for six Schengen states and the UK.

What's inside

• Visitor-Visa-Cover-Letters-v1.0.docx: 8 cover-letter templates by applicant type (salaried employee, self-employed, student with a sponsoring parent, retired parent visiting a child, family with a minor, business visitor, sponsored traveller, and reapplication after a refusal), each with a subject line, a "when to use" note and an enclosures list.
• Visitor-Visa-Itinerary-and-Checklist-v1.0.xlsx: 9 sheets (Start Here, Trip, Lists, Itinerary, Main Destination, Schengen 90-180, Checklist, Funds, Sources) with a fictional 12-day sample trip across France, Switzerland and Italy.
• Visitor-Visa-Document-Checklists.pdf: 14 printable A4 pages covering common Schengen documents, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, each item marked "Verified this run" or "Check with the mission" against its official source and check date.
• Visitor-Visa-Document-Pack-Guide.pdf: 18 A4 pages on how the Schengen and UK systems work, building a consistent file, why dummy tickets and fake bookings are never used, what to do if refused, and a glossary.

How to use it

1. Fill in the Trip and Itinerary sheets with your own dates, cities and genuine bookings.
2. Main Destination works out which Schengen mission to apply through, from the longest-stay rule; Schengen 90-180 totals your Schengen days in any 180-day window as a planning aid.
3. Work through the Checklist sheet and the matching printable checklist for your destination and applicant type, then draft your cover letter from the matching template.

Requirements

• Microsoft Word 2016 or later for the cover letters, and Microsoft Excel 2010 or later for the workbook. The workbook was built and recalculated in Excel, using only functions Google Sheets also supports; uploading it to Google Sheets to confirm the calculations is a listed step below.