ISSUES in Europe Schengen Visa Ep. 1/3 BOARDING DENIED- HOLIDAY SPOILT! Dubai UAE Transit - Serbia

ISSUES in Europe Schengen Visa Ep. 1/3 Boarding denied Indigo, Wizz Air | Dubai UAE Transit - Serbia
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Is the insightful story of my family's unending ordeal caused by the European Schengen Tourist Visa granted to us in India by the Embassy of Slovakia.
For our holiday in East Europe - due to Appointments just not opening at Hungary, Austria or Czech Republic in the summer of 2022- we ended up applying via Slovakia.
The Slovaks issued a Schengen visa that was exactly from the Date of Arrival to the Date of Departure only- not even a day extra! On top of that, it was "Single Entry"
Also, the world's most unprofessional airline, Wizz Air preponed its flight- now landing 5 minutes before midnight of the day the Schengen visa was starting from!!
On the day of travel, first, we were not allowed by Indigo Airlines to board from New Delhi to Dubai - citing the invalidity of our visa even if for only 5 minutes until midnight.
Then, when somehow we managed to reach Dubai the same day - on Air India flight (fresh spot ticket booked) - we were denied to make transit from Arrival to Departure of Dubai Terminal 2, citing "Wizz Air is among the few airlines that do not allow any Transit passengers & transit baggage"
This was unheard of. The godforsaken unprofessional airline never even intimated us about this strange rule.
We didn't have UAE Transit Visa - hence could not exit Immigration to collect our baggage. Even wasted EUR 90 on "Marhaba Service" On Arrival visa- which is actually only for those India Passport Holders who also have a USA visa stamped - we didn't.
With baggage retrieval clearly out of question, had to reach the Wizz Air boarding gate for Dubai - Budapest flight anyhow, leaving our baggage behind.
Once at the boarding gate somehow, a new, unexpected shocker slammed us. We were again denied boarding by Wizz Air - second time within 12 hours- citing "Schengen Visa is issued by Slovakia. So you must land in Slovakia only. You can not board the Dubai - Budapest (Hungary) flight"
Our counter argument- "Of what use is Schengen Visa for Schengen Euro Zone then? It is determined by the country you are spending most days in during your trip- not the port of entry!"
But the ignorant, arrogant Wizz Air (3rd party payroll) staff heard nothing & didn't let us board.
We spent the entire night- with our 4 year old daughter - requesting transfers between Dubai airport's Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 (without our bags). Pegasus Air officials said the same thing after checking out our visas - "you must land in Bratislava, Slovakia only - no other European city."
Then we thought of changing our holiday travel plan entirely. "Which countries allow Indian Passport holders to come in, without a pre-Visa?"
Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Russia, Serbia,... SERBIA!!
Serbia is a neighboring country to Hungary - just like Croatia, Austria & Slovakia are. Why not go to Belgrade (capital of Serbia) & then attempt entering Hungary via the land border (bus / train)?
So we booked spot tickets on FlyDubai airways from Dubai to Belgrade for 9am that morning.
FlyDubai staff assured to get our baggage to Belgrade (from Dubai T2) - provided we paid EUR 100 upon landing in Belgrade at the Lost & Found service of the airline counter.
But yet again, we were denied boarding - until we produce return tickets from Serbia to Dubai / New Delhi. So we booked the expensive (cancellable) return tickets as well from Serbia - in spite of the fact that Indian Passport Holders can stay visa-free in Serbia for 30 days straight!
What happens next? Does this never-ending ordeal for the family out on vacation even have a happy travel as per the original itinerary of visiting Budapest, Prague & Vienna?
Watch Episode 2/3 of this series to learn (link above)
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[@kashasusha]

Tough time never lasts but tough people do ,wow! that was your spirit, it's commendable.

[@Stories2Tell_]

Part 2/3 & 3/3 coming soon; stay tuned to know the best practices of Schengen Visa application & Europe holiday!

[@lavanyasharma798]

Wow!! such big chaos that you had to divide it into parts. Go Travelers👏🏼 btw thanks for sharing your experience

[@Stories2Tell_]

Thanks for watching!

[@saiyam11]

Extremely helpful. You should upload a rough checklist in part 2 and 3 of your video on points to be careful about for planning a Europe trip

[@lavanyasharma798]

Hope you guys have better ones ahead:))

[@maarishav]

Waiting for part 2 &3!!!!!!!

[@kjain23]

It is unbelievable that you had to face so many hurdles to make this trip happen. This video will be extremely helpful for people like me who are yet to visit Europe. Eagerly awaiting of hear what happened next.

[@Stories2Tell_]

I hope so too!

[@adisharma6]

one helluva nightmare indeed

[@deepakpanigrahy9184]

Great explaination 👍💯

[@Stories2Tell_]

Glad it was helpful!

[@surendrakumarsharma1651]

people must learn from your experience, can save lot of money by remembering these points

[@saahilbhowmick]

Brother i can understand your pain. Take care

[@dianadsouza4474]

Did your family manage to reach Hungary 🇭🇺 & Czech 🇨🇿 at last or no? Wish safe onwards passage to all coming to Europe 🇪🇺

[@utkarshsharma4628]

Don't tell me the ordeal isn't over 😜 there's a part 2 🤯😂

[@Stories2Tell_]

You bet!

[@yaqooty2k]

Very informative, indeed! I think you are doing a great job in highlighting the other (less glamorous) side of traveling- preparation, patience and awareness; through your video. Keep it up!

[@Stories2Tell_]

Glad you found it to be useful 🙏

[@romitk611]

These problems are very common with low cost airlines. It is better to spend more money and go with full service carriers for peace of mind.

[@Stories2Tell_]

@@romitk611 true; learnt the hard way

[@ayush051000]

This chilling experience will definitely help fellow travellers planning to visit Europe..

[@Stories2Tell_]

Thank you. Hoping this helps big time!

[@ye6207]

I tried to follow the story as much as possible (I missed some parts that were in Hindi). What a mess! I general, I avoid self transfer flights for this exact reason. Because both flight operators do not know about each itinerary, they might consider your stop as a final destination.

[@Stories2Tell_]

@@ye6207 well said 🙏

[@rahuldwivedi4758]

What the wizz airlines(or whatever that name was) did was horrible and bizarre. How can the official not know the basic rule that it’s the country where you stay the longest issues the visa and even if you try to get the visa from the country where you’re entering first, they would have denied with the same reason and asked you to get it from the one where you’re staying the most?So what exactly happened after this? Did you manage to get any refund? Did you pursue?

[@kasali2528]

You are right wizzair staff was wrong to deny you boarding, sue them.

[@utkarshsharma4628]

Were you sitting on the can recording part of the video 🤣

[@neerajyadav6361]

Pair m fas gya bhai smjh

[@TheEssenceIsLove]

My god... This is really a strain of unlucky events... Very sorry you had to go through this 🙏🏽 especially with child this all os just an incredible exhausting journey

[@Stories2Tell_]

appreciate your empathy 🙏 yes, it was a harrowing experience indeed

[@RG.......]

2 Questions please - 1. Why did you tell indigo that your wizz flight was preponed?? You could have showed your old ticket only of landing on 25th. 2. Suppose indigo had allowed you to board, how were you planning on getting your luggage without uae visa? All these problems could have been solved by just taking a free 48 hour transit visa from before.

[@Stories2Tell_]

Fair questions, @RG i. We had no inkling that Indigo would not let us board even the Delhi - Dubai flight, basis the time of landing of Dubai - Budapest flight; a difference of 5 mins before Visa start time just seemed inconsequential! ii. You are right, a Dubai transit visa taken a few days prior would've solved everything - but it was said that for less than 8 hours, Visa is not required. Also, there was no communication from Wizz Air that they do not allow baggage or passenger transits even within the Arrival & Departure of the same terminal (i.e. T2 of Dubai Airport in this case) - and one must cross immigration to collect baggage

[@pulkitkhedwal]

Seems like I am watching a suspense thriller 🍿

[@sheikhmohammadshahzeb5566]

@StayHungry_ Sir did you have single entry visa or multiple Entry visa during your this trip?

[@rextofhd7313]

Vaii i cant belive you trvl before,,,, if you trvl before why you faces this kind of problm,,,,

[@Stories2Tell_]

2 times before also we have traveled to Europe - but after Covid19 - different & strange visa/immigration rules are being applied on travelers from South Asia Schengen entry was not like this before i.e. 1st entry only from the country that issued visa was no rule before. Even now it is actually not there- you will see in Ep. 2/3 & 3/3 of this series how we crossed into Hungary via Serbia through land border - without needing to go only to Slovakia first. So this torture in video 1/3 was the doing of airline officials in Dubai!!

[@kukusely7150]

Nice sir

[@Stories2Tell_]

thanks sir; hope this sharing of experience is helpful to other travelers 🙂

[@sandeepjoshi4338]

Hello , with multiple entry Schengen visa, if I returned back to home country after week trip and then again, next month visit another country, then for every trip do I need to land in country which issued me a visa? Or is it just first time and in later months, again I can restart from home to visit another Schengen area ? Is this correct

[@Stories2Tell_]

No need to worry sir in your case! Multiple Entry Schengen Visa gives you all the flexibility that you mentioned (within the stipulated visa validity duration)

[@ParminderSingh-22]

This is what happened when you have lack of knowledge 1 never ever book low cost airline ( wiz airways) is the not good airline 2 book a flight which have same pnr 3 always book a flight for a country which country have issued a visa Traveled multiple times to Europe so i am sharing my personal experience Though you tried your best 4

[@Stories2Tell_]

You are absolutely right ✅ Really appreciate your inputs - will help more travelers

[@rahuldwivedi4758]

Your third point doesn’t make any sense. If your first point of entry isn’t your main destination, that country won’t even issue you a visa at the first place and will ask you to get the visa from where you’re going to be staying the longest. What wizz airlines did here is bizarre. Lack of knowledge on the part of the official caused an horrible experience to the OP.

[@SandeepBhagyawant]

@@rahuldwivedi4758 even though the Schengen rules say you can enter anywhere...border control is much easier if it’s the same as visa issuing country. Else the officers start grilling and it can become trouble or a bad experience. It’s fine with heavy traffic airports like Paris Frankfurt but not others, expect a rough ride.

[@SandeepBhagyawant]

Single PNR ticket is thumb rule when crossing borders. To be honest ...you took things too lightly. And you are hoping at every step that things will work out.. Remember it’s your holiday, insure it with some prep.

[@Stories2Tell_]

Learnt it the hard way sir! Things weren't this strict / unnecessarily hard before 2020

[@krishnakishoreramadugu3754]

What an ordeal !

[@Stories2Tell_]

Ordeal continues for so many, even 2 summers later:- www.news18.com/amp/viral/delhi-man-loses-rs-3-5-lakh-after-schengen-visa-for-greece-holiday-denied-8875497.html

[@gurpreetsingh-jq1xf]

Bhai tourist visa hai issued from Swiss embassy and I’m planing to enter from Italy (New Delhi to Italy)direct flight koi problem toh nai hogi? Or indeed to enter through Switzerland?

[@Stories2Tell_]

Sir, i would suggest calling up the airline (jiska aapne Delhi - Italy ticket book kiya hai) & double checking with them. Email pe bhi le lena confirmation aap un se after speaking on call - for your particular case

[@Stories2Tell_]

Waise Switzerland to Italy ki drive bhi acchi hai :) But Switzerland ke issued Schengen Visa ki kaafi value hai - Italy airline should not deny entry ideally. Also, since you're flying directly from Delhi - that will help your case. (Unlike in our case jahan Slovakia se issued Schengen Visa tha & flight was landing in Hungary via Dubai)

[@gurpreetsingh-jq1xf]

Thanks😀😀

[@sheikhmohammadshahzeb5566]

@gurupreetsingh-jq1xf were you able to land in italy and did you face any issues? I have a similar situation as I have an upcoming trip to italy and austria and will be arriving in Italy although have a visa issued from Austrian Embassy. We will be departing from Austria though.

[@gurpreetsingh-jq1xf]

@@sheikhmohammadshahzeb5566 no there was no issue I landed safely in Italy without any problems

[@Saintansal]

Sue with all dur respect, Even airlines know ki log kya kya jo hol kar sakte hain hain they know that singles only carry handbags to get cheep flights. To baki ka paisa kaise niklega ? Married or affluent logon se jo handbags mein sab nahi rakh sakte.

[@Stories2Tell_]

Sir, ye Wizz Air airline in particular kaafi haraami hai.. aisa pata chala later from travelers in Dubai, East Europe

[@sahilpandir3586]

what a total nighmare. i have travelled several times to schengen area. port of entry has nothing to do with visa issuing country for schengen.

[@Stories2Tell_]

Yes, that was what i was told too - and had experienced myself in 2019. But by 2022, if you're landing into EU from a hub like DXB (after coming to Dubai from your home country, without a UAE visa)- it had become a problem indeed that your port of EU entry is different from Visa issuing Schengen country...

[@sahilpandir3586]

It can happen. It's just bad luck. I just travelled to Spain but got my visa issued from belgium embassy. I didn't face any issue. On top I didn't even go to belgium on this trip. That's why it's SCHENGEN state. You can travel freely anywhere in the schengen state.

[@Stories2Tell_]

@@sahilpandir3586 as it rightly should be 👏👏 Hope you had fun in Spain!! Visa delays season here though now - May - June

[@sameerquazi2626]

Here is my take on this, just read the description. Yu couldn't swing for any other schenghen country, apart from the mentioned list? Really? I have applied for Austrian student Visa, and still know the basic shit that Newly appointed EU countries like Solvenia, Slovakia, Romania etc have the rule that you must enter EU from that country itself. Did you really not know what transit visa is? And who TF books shit flight like Wizz air? Wizz & Ryan Air are know to be cheap flights, and you can carry only 1 carry on baggage, which has to be small. Did this family in all seriousness not do one bit of research? Also, dubai transit visa takes 2 days, and it is available online, it is an e-visa. You really couldnt get that either?

[@Stories2Tell_]

Appreciate you taking time out for a detailed comment to enrich the community😊 But back in April, May 2022 - immediately after the start of Russia Ukraine War & the first summer holidays post the '20 & '21 washout Covid years - there were actually NO vida slots available for any other Schengen countries!! Traveling to East Europe was coming out to be far more expensive than even West Europe (in the context of global happenings of 2022) - Wizz Air offered good budget travel option. But yea, never travel by Wizz Air. But above all, yes, it was a mistake to incorrectly assume no visa would be required to just move from the Arrival section of the same terminal in DXB to Departure of that same terminal in DXB!

[@TyLer-dd3im]

Sounds like lack of research

[@Stories2Tell_]

@@TyLer-dd3im lack of research into changed post-Covid19 travel rules..

[@bhojjadamotabanda]

All this only because you chose to book Wizz Air. There is no such rule regarding entry point to be the same as visa issuing country. I have traveled multiple times to Schengen area and landed at airports other than those who issued the visa. Low Cost Airlines like Wizz Air, Pegasus etc are notorious for this harassment, especially towards South Asians and I have been reading experiences for years. I don't know how you missed it. Never use low cost airlines for intercontinental travel. Bratislava doesn't even have much international connectivity and most people who travel to Slovakia land in another Schengen country. Most people from India travel to the Schengen area using Air France, KLM or Lufthansa and thus enter through France, the Netherlands or Germany regardless of who issued the visa.

[@Stories2Tell_]

You are absolutely 💯 right ✅. Thank you for sharing your experience & take away too after watching this video 🙏 Will help all immensely

[@sunysingh5343]

Bhai portugal ka schengen visa hai kya me india se sida germany enter kr sakta hu

[@Stories2Tell_]

Yes, i. directly wo flight lena aap jo India se Germany mein land kar rahi hai ii. kya aapke Portugal 🇵🇹 Schengen visa pe "Multi Entry" likha hua hai? If yes, it will be further easier to directly goto Germany 🇩🇪

[@sunysingh5343]

Single entry lika ha8 visa pe aur flight i dia se zurich ki hai aur zurich se germnay?

[@Stories2Tell_]

@@sunysingh5343 agar ek hi airline hai (single PNR) from India to Zurich to Germany - toh problem nahi hogi. Agar Zurich mein airline change karoge (i.e. change of PNR), tab issue ho sakta hai... Issliye best to have a direct flight to Germany from India (even if it is hopping in Zurich or some other city- then the PNR will be same)

[@shabannoorani1088]

ajeeb kahani hai .. be blessed infuture..

[@Stories2Tell_]

Thanks sir! The problem is that the South Asian passports don't hold much value across Western world

[@MuhammadAli-et6nh]

Jab bagair research ke gavar log travel karein toh aisa hi hota hai pehle toh Air India ne bagair Visa board kese karne diya to UAE lol 😂

[@Stories2Tell_]

Schengen Visa toh tha na! Delhi - Dubai - Paris ki flight ke liye UAE visa nahi chahiye hota na bhai- if not exiting the airport

[@Vitchu911]

@@Stories2Tell_UAE visa is required for collecting luggage

[@Stories2Tell_]

@@Vitchu911 right ✅. had assumed at that time it won't be required if other flight from same terminal 🥲

[@ShashiKant-xq3yu]

Ye chote chote KZbinr Travel Agent se book na kra k 2000-4000 save kr lakho ka nuksan krte hai. Or bakio ka b krvayenge

[@Stories2Tell_]

Ye Airline (Wizz Air) galat le liya sir. Ye galti phir nahi karenge!

[@junaidniazi2264]

These EU come to india without any visa but creates problems when v go there

[@Stories2Tell_]

Mashallah, kya khoob baat kahi aapne!

[@sanjaygrover2955]

Ye hai hi sutiya video banate time kabhi english kabhi hindi or ise kuch nhi pta visa start nhi hua or ye ticket book kar li isne

[@Stories2Tell_]

arrey Schengen Visa lene ke liye bhi pehle ticket book karni padti hai sir