新西兰欧洲旅游攻略 (1)一--英国签证
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8月定了去欧洲旅游,23天,西班牙,法国,荷卢比,英国。愿意和大家分享签证,花费以及游记,先分享一下我的英国签证过程。超级全面。
手把手教你申请英国签证
英国签证步骤相对多一些,比较麻烦。一般也比较耗时,但是如果你的资料准备的比较充分的话,会加快签证的速度。这次我申请英签,交的资料很齐全,很厚的一大叠,签的速度也快,从递上去到下来,只用了2个星期,180天的Multi-Entry.下面写写具体的步骤和心得, 希望能帮到大家;
申请英签大概有四个步骤;
1 准备资料
2 网上填申请表+预约Biometrics Appointment+信用卡交费
3 Biometrics Appointments
4 寄材料
第一步 准备资料:
准备资料是最重要的一步, 基本资料如下
1)A current and valid travel document 有效护照
2) One passport sized colour photograph 照片(去照相的时候,说明你要申请UK VISA, camera house 都清楚什么样的照片可以,递交的时候交两张,一张贴申请表上,一张寄过去以备万一)。
3) Evidence of your permission to be in the country where you are applying, if current immigration status. This could be a residence permit. 新西兰永久居民,复印一下,这样签证官不用专门到你护照里再去翻。
4) Previous passports: These are to show your previous travel history。如果以前护照不是白本,去过别的国家旅游,要一起寄过去。 我以前护照本上有泰国,越南和柬埔寨的,所以一起寄过去了。
5). Evidence of your marital status 结婚证,同居证明之类,我没有,所以没寄
6) Evidence of your current employment or studies
对于上班的同学,这个比较重要。 要递交下面的材料
1. A letter from your employer on company headed paper – detailing your salary and the length of your employment, confirming that you have been given time off work, and stating whether this time off is paid or unpaid. You should consider submitting further documents which could support an employment letter, such as, pay slips or tax returns. If you have recently entered new employment you should consider providing details of your previous employment and salary history.
雇主证明信:主要请HR在信中陈诉以下几点, 你的职位,工资,你在现有公司工作了几年,你的职位是否是PERMANENT,.这次旅行的年假是被批准(你度假回来还可以继续工作),你的年假是PAID. 同时我还交了公司的卡片和HR 的Business Card. 注意信的格式要正式,要打印在company headed paper上。
2. A letter from your education provider on headed paper –confirming your enrolment and leave of absence
读书的同学需要交什么资料我就不是很清楚啦,应该就是学校证明的在读信。
7) 资金证明
这也是比较关键的需要准备的材料。
(1).Bank Statement
很简单明了,CHQ 和 SAV的bank statements, CHQ的最好递交6个月的,SAV的就比较最近的,显示你有足够的资金支持你旅游。具体要看你去多久。我开了其中一个SAVING的,大概2万纽币。
(2) Bank Letter
这个我是找WESTPAC给我开了封信,证明我的信用卡可以透支7000纽币。
(3)PAY SLIPS
我交了六个月的payslips 原件
(4)其他: Tax return or Business statement (建议最好不交,其实我有一个小生意50%的股份,但是觉得没必要复杂化,干脆不交,尽量从简,这样下来的时间也快)。
(5) Evidence of income form property or land
我有房产可是没出租,就只交了PROPERTY DEED, 递交了原件。
8. 行程。
关于行程,这里多罗嗦两句,虽然自己要申请签证的同学都是要自由行的,但是我觉得还是事先订好路线,酒店,和具体行程比较好。原因四个:1.安全 (提前定好住宿,避开那些不安全的区域) 2.省钱+省时间((比如计算好买几天的LONDON PASS,还是可以省到钱+很多景点提前买票不用排队) 3.加快签证速度 4.旅行更有乐趣 (知道了要去哪里,可以提前看看相关的资料,读读书,看看电影,很有意思)
英国我只呆四天,所以行程全部做好,酒店订了,歌剧票买了,还有和一个当地团去STONE HENGE也在网上定好了。
尤其酒店比较重要,因为填申请表的时候,需要填写在英国的地址。
给大家我的行程做参考,我把机票,住所,歌剧票,参加本地团的票全部打印好了,毕竟标记好了APPENDIX记号,附在了行程后面。
UK Travel Itinerary
Day One:
Day One 16th August 2013 Friday
Fly from Rome to London and arrive at London Gatwick Airport at 8:35am (Please see Appendix 1 for pre-paid fly ticket), I will take National Express to Camden station, then store my luggage at xxxx Hotel where I will stay for three days from 16th August to 19th August. Please See Appendix 2 for the pre-paid accommodation booking.
After that, I will spend my whole day at British Museum which is open until 20:30 on Fridays. I probably will have lunch and dinner at the Museum or in the Chinatown nearby. Then I will go back to Mercure London Bloomsbury Hotel to check in and take bus or tube to London Eye and be there between 8:30 to 9:30pm.
Day Two:
Day Two 17th August 2013 Saturday
I will start my day trip in East London. I will visit St Paul Cathedral, Tower of London and Tower Bridge then take DLR to Greenwich. In the late of afternoon, I will be back to Oxford Street to do some little shopping or enjoy a nice afternoon tea there.
At night, I will go to watch Phantom of the Opera at 7:30pm at Her Majesty’s Theatre. Please see Appendix 3 for the pre-purchased ticket.
Day Three:
Day Three 18th August 2013 Sunday
I will go on a tour with Premium Tour of UK to Windsor, Stonehenge and Bath.
The tour’s name is Small group - Windsor, Stonehenge and Bath on Sunday 18 August 2013. Please see Appendix 4 for the pre-paid tour confirmation and the tour itinerary.
Day Four
Day Four 19th August 2013 Monday,
This day I will have a very busy schedule, I will start from Hyde Park, then Natural History Museum, Buckingham Palace Gardens, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and 10 Downing Street and National Gallery if I have some spare time.
I will take the 19:10pm flight to fly to Madrid. Please see Appendix 5 for the paid fly ticket.
因为英国是我这次欧洲行的最后一站,所以我把进入英国和出英国的机票都买好了,本来是准备从罗马飞英国,后来情况有变,改成从阿姆斯特丹飞入英国。 还好买的是EASY JET的票,可以改出发地,不然死翘翘了。
因为从akl飞到欧洲的机票很早就买好了,所以也交了上去。
第二步 网上申请:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.u ... sh&displaypopup=Yes
点击上面的link,开始申请。 记得你的login name 和密码(我就忘记自己的了,后来想查查到哪里一步,拼命的试了无数个和自己相关的login name都不对,奔溃了)
大概好几页的问题,回答好了之后,需要在网上预约,去HENDERSON NEW ZEALAND IMMRAGTION去按指纹。然后需要在网上用信用卡交费, $156纽币。
预约了好Biometrics Appointments,会收到一份Confirmation邮件,如下;
Visa4UK - Appointment Confirmation Email
Your unique Appointment Reference number is: xxxxxxxx
Your appointment is now confirmed for: XXX,XXX,2013
You must attend the following appointment location: -
Immigration New Zealand - Auckland
39 Paramount Drive
Henderson, Auckland
You should keep your unique appointment booking reference number safe as it will be required if you need to change your appointment. Please bring a print-out of your appointment booking confirmation with you to your appointment or you will not be allowed to enter the location shown above. PLEASE NOTE that the booking confirmation must be printed from the Visa4UK website. Email appointment confirmations will not be accepted.
You must bring a printed copy of you VISA APPLICATION, you APPOINTMENT BOOKING CONFIRMATION NOTICE and your PASSPORT with you. Your biometrics cannot be captured without these THREE documents. No other documents are required for your visit to the Application Support Centre. Please Note that cell phones, cameras, or other recording devices are NOT PERMITTED to be taken into the Application Support Centre. IMPORTANT ¹ All your supporting documents, including your stamped visa application, travel document and your biometric appointment confirmation form should be mailed to the visa issuing office shown below within TWO weeks of having your biometrics taken.
UK Border Agency
Private Bag 115-770
Shortland Street
Auckland
New Zealand 1140
Telephone: 0900 48472 ($3.30 per minute)
记住打印出这份信。同时打印出你付款信(付款后会发到你的邮箱)加上之前在网上填好的申请表(记住贴好照片)。网上申请就完成了。
第三步Biometrics Appointments
带上护照,申请表,付款信和Biometrics Appointments confirmation letter 一起,准时到
下面地点的
Immigration New Zealand - Auckland
39 Paramount Drive
Henderson, Auckland
过程很简单,就是按个手印,照个照片,大概5分钟就好了。
第四步递交材料
你需要买一个回邮带,需要注意的是,寄去的袋子,不要买需要签名的,因为你需要寄去private box, 但是回邮的,买需要签收的。
把申请表+照片,之前准备好的资料(原件最好复印下,一起交了),交款证明信,护照和回邮袋一起寄去以下地址;
UK Border Agency
Private Bag 115-770
Shortland Street
Auckland
New Zealand 1140
记住保存好2个邮袋的tracing number,这样方便在网上查询你VISA的 status.
时间上,注意要在你做完Biometrics Appointments 2周内,寄去上述地址。 如果想问进度,可以打以下电话;Telephone: 0900 48472 ($3.30 per minute)
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LZ要是有机会去各地的超市,可以照照当地的物价吗?比较一下看看。
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好的,尽量去。
就旅游住宿来看,西班牙很便宜,巴黎伦敦无敌贵
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为什么西班牙会这么便宜啊,有多便宜?
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不知道啊,估计因为巴黎和伦敦都是超级大城市吧
今天递交了荷兰申根,回头下来了更新
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荷兰申根需要多久时间能签出来?
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入籍没有这个问题存在了,呵呵
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我只有一个问题,按指纹一定要在奥克兰吗?南岛有办事处吗?
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据说顶下有精化
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你好我是上礼拜五邮件说马上就寄出啦了但是已经一个礼拜了还没有寄回来,而且我当时也没有想很多就买的普通的信封,我想问下你们这个事直接从马尼拉寄回来还是先寄回新西兰然后统一再寄啊?
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对不起,时间久了我不太记得了,一个礼拜时间还不长,可以打电话问下进度,电话0900是收费的
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有照片吗。。。。
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UPUPUPUPUPUP
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问下楼主. 夫妻两是叫一份申请还是两份申请?
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伦敦超市卖的比nz便宜 但是吃饭就比nz贵 还收小费
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按指纹是去Paramount Drive?然后把这些东西连同回邮袋寄到shortland Street?
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是自己申请的
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对的!
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MM,不好意思,知道你申请的时间比较久远了。想请问,我是上周五把签证材料寄到UK Visa & Immigration 的POBox的,但这几天在NZpost网站上查,状态一直是handover-box lobby,今天是第三天了,打了几次电话,说是对方还没来pick up所以不然状态会变成delivery completed. 我好着急啊,因为5月25日订好了非惠灵顿签意大利的申根。不知道你之前又碰到过这个情况吗?打那个收费电话问得到是谁负责在Auckland取件吗?
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这个问题我倒是没遇到啊,你打的是0900的收费电话吗?5月25号看来时间还算充足,我当时等了一个星期吧好像才打电话去问的。再试试打
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你好 想问下你是买了机票再申请的? 谢谢哦
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谢谢MM回复。今天收到马尼拉的邮件说decision has been made,文件都会退回VAC之类的~~但又没说是approved了还是怎样,呵呵~
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我目前在英国,我当时也是材料全部寄去马尼拉办理的,他们寄了一个菲立宾人的护照给我,我送到了newmarket 警察局,一个警察阿姨给打得电话去马尼拉问,马上他们寄了我的护照过来。要不然打付费电话超级贵的。
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肯定APPROVED了,别担心
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是的。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
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楼主想问下回邮的袋子买NZ用的还是international用的啊?护照和资料到时候从马尼拉直接寄回来到我们手上还是先寄到Auckland shorland再转寄给我们啊??在线等
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楼主想问下回邮的袋子买NZ用的还是international用的啊?护照和资料到时候从马尼拉直接寄回来到我们手上还是先寄到Auckland shorland再转寄给我们啊??在线等
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SOrry for getting back late to you~ I'm not online everyday. I used international bag because the visa is done in Manila~~make sure you fill out your home address/details on the front of post bag, they post your passport straight back to you~~
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请问回邮的袋子去哪里买?是买local还是international的呢?我去nz post买international的,人家不卖给我说不能prepaid