No time value for embassy of Denmark in Nepal

Schengen visa in Nepal is issued by the embassy of Denmark, Lazimpat, Kathmandu. The visa process and its rules are defined by individual country or embassy/consular section. No one can ask do this or that but one can suggest systematic process for visa application. This post is for the same purpose.

If you want to apply visa for  Schengen countries, what you will do?

Definitely, you will fill the application form with required documents as stated in the embassy website and go to embassy. You may have already seen that the visa section opens from Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:00 and you may appear at the gate between those days around 10:00 but that would be too late for you. Why?

Because there would be other people waiting to submit the application. There might be 'unofficial' name list of queue but that never works in order. Guards have full authority on it. Now, you have two options, come next day earlier than others or put your name in the list and wait.

Whats a big deal to wait since you are submitting an application and you are in queue?

Its a big deal since no one knows whether you will get time to submit your application or not. One may think that the one who reached  between the consular hour (10:00-12:00) would get time to submit application but it is the time the section works. It is just the working hour of the section in spite of the number of applicants waiting to submit their application. If it took 30 minutes to process the application of a person, 5th number wastes time of waiting at the embassy gate for four hours. Similarly, if took just 5 minutes then even queue number 24 can also submit application. How long it takes to submit the application is never known. Sometimes, only 6 applications are received and sometimes up to 15. The concern is if one would know whether s/he would get time to submit application s/he would wait in queue and rest can come tomorrow but no one knows about it. Neither the guard nor the officials in the embassy. They just want you to wait and see. Their simple answer is 'come early tomorrow! we can do nothing!'. Coming tomorrow is not a problem but uncertainty of  getting turn is a problem. How many times you need to visit the embassy and wait till the clock hits 12:00? Is there no value of time for others?

It is better to realize by the embassy that there are increasing number of applications as they can only issue schengen visa in Nepal. The applicant will visit the embassy for sure so if there would be a ticket system (pre-date booking) or fix number of application processed per day, one would not waste time standing or lying on street at the embassy gate (there is no waiting place at gate for visitors).