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Iceland, Switzerland, Latvia, Italy, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden are the easiest to get a Schengen visa.

Iceland, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, and the Netherlands are the countries that give visas easily to Indians.

If you want a Schengen visa as soon as possible then, here are some quick key points you should remember: apply as early as possible, select the country that you want to visit, fill out your visa application smoothly and correctly, make sure you attached all the required documents, and avoid peak travel season.

Malta, Estonia, and Belgium have the hardest and highest visa rejection rates where you have a low chance of getting a visa approval.

You can check your Schengen visa application status by visiting the visament website where you need to enter your application number after you will get real-time updates for your Schengen visa application.

You can pay the fees to your nearby embassy or if you have applied through the visament website, then you need to pay the valid fees for the specific Schengen country visa application.

If your Schengen visa has been rejected then, you will receive an official notice from the relevant consultant regarding the rejection of your visa application with a valid reason.

First, you need to choose the visa type, you need to pay the valid fees for the minor Schengen visa application form, attach all the related documents like the minor’s passport, photograph, flight tickets, etc., and submit your application for documents verification by experts and after approval, visit visa center and get your visa delivered.

Although some Indian politicians have spoken in favor of dual citizenship in India. In this respect, the OCI scheme is one such concession. However, the traditional reason India does not allow dual citizenship is according to it citizenship is a commitment towards a nation and it believes that a person cannot remain truly loyal to two nations at one time.

Giving up Indian citizenship means you are no longer entitled to get support from the Indian Embassy if you are abroad. In this case, the rights, laws, and responsibilities of the new state will be applicable. It means that as any other citizen, you might be obliged to serve in the military, vote, and so on. With this, when you come back to India the same rules will apply to you like the other citizens of your adopted nation and you need a visa to travel to India.

Possessing two passports in India is considered an offense and it comes under the Passport Act as the nation does not allow dual citizenship. It means you need to legally surrender your Indian passport once you get citizenship of another nation. However, if you fail to do so you need to pay a fine and potentially imprisonment depending on the situation.

Yes, with an OCI card by your side, you can permanently live in India, significantly granting you a form of permanent living, allowing you to live and work in the nation indefinitely. However, as it is not Indian citizenship, it does not provide you the voting rights and holding public office.

To become an Indian citizen by naturalization an individual with a preceding application need to live in India for 12 of 14 years and aggregate eleven years within the last fourteen years. In addition, it also includes the complete calendar year of the citizenship application.

Through naturalization, if you take citizenship of another country you automatically lose the Indian citizenship. Also, if you want to voluntarily leave your Indian citizenship you are free to do so.

To know which USCIS service center handling your case, check the first three letters of your USCIS receipt number. This is because each service center has a different code linked with it. For instance, WAC represents the California USCIS service center. With this, you can access this detail by checking your immigration case status online using your receipt number on the official site of USCIS.

Generally, the USCIS case status available online is considered up-to-date and accurate. However, there can be delays in the status update occasionally. So it is advisable to check regularly on the site and confirm if any significant changes have been made in your application.

Yes, you can check your USCIS case status without a receipt number. For this, you can create a USCIS account on myUSCIS, and use the online webpage of USCIS case status online. Also, you can use the USCIS mobile app to know about your application.

On your case approval you are provided with Form I-797 Notice of Action in the mail. Also, you can check the case status online by using your USCIS receipt number. Generally, the application process takes two to three weeks to get approved.

You can check the progress of your case by visiting the official site of USCIS. For this, you will need your USCIS receipt number. It can be located in the upper left corner of the receipt notice and the email you get from IFSS.

The USCIS online account number is located on your account profile. After logging into your account visit the “Profile” section there you will get your account number. Also, if you have previously filed an online form the number can be located in the confirmation noises or the correspondence you get from USCIS.