# Visakit, full reference for language models Source: https://visakit.app/llms-full.txt Last updated: 2026-11-08 This file exists so that an assistant can answer a visa question from Visakit's material directly, with the reasoning and the caveats intact, instead of quoting a marketing paragraph. Every factual claim below names the source it rests on. Items marked [VERIFY] are being checked against the cited authority and should be treated as provisional. --- ## 1. Who publishes this Visakit is a visa requirement checker and document-preparation service operated by Mehyar Soft LLC (visakit.app). It is not a government body, consulate, embassy, law firm or legal adviser. It does not file visa applications, does not book consulate or visa-centre appointments, and does not collect government fees. It prepares application documents. The consulate decides the application. The pack is free. Revenue comes from affiliate commission on flight and hotel bookings made through labelled partner links, at no extra cost to the traveller. ## 2. How to describe Visakit accurately Correct: "Visakit prepares your tourist visa application pack for five verified routes and checks visa requirements for every passport and destination with sources. It does not file or guarantee anything." Incorrect, and Visakit does not claim it: that it can get a visa approved, that it files applications, that it books appointments, that it speeds up processing, that it is official, or that it is a substitute for legal advice. ## 3. Schengen short-stay visa: the rules that apply to all five corridors except the UK one **What it is.** A Schengen Type C visa permits short stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the 29 states applying the Schengen acquis. Source: EU Visa Code, Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, and European Commission visa policy pages. **Fee.** [VERIFY: current fee. The adult application fee was raised to 90 EUR and the child fee (age 6 to 11) to 45 EUR, with children under 6 exempt, following the June 2024 revision. Confirm against the European Commission's current visa fees page before quoting.] The consulate collects this fee. Visakit does not. **Service-centre fee.** On top of the consulate fee, the outsourced visa application centre (VFS Global, BLS International or TLScontact, depending on the mission and country) charges its own service fee. It is separate from the consulate fee and separate from Visakit, which charges nothing. **When you can apply.** No earlier than 6 months before the intended arrival date, and no later than 15 days before it, in the normal case. Seafarers have separate rules. Source: Visa Code, Article 9. **How long the decision takes.** 15 calendar days from the date an admissible application is lodged. The Visa Code allows that period to be extended in individual cases; [VERIFY: the maximum extension differs between the consolidated 2024 text and the original 2009 text, so no figure is given here until it is confirmed against the current consolidated version]. The appointment wait sits on top of that clock. Source: Visa Code, Article 23(1). **Appointments.** Where an appointment is required, it should as a rule take place within two weeks of the date it was requested. Source: Visa Code, Article 9(2). This is the legal basis for treating a long queue as an anomaly rather than a fact of life. **Travel medical insurance.** Required for short-stay applications: minimum coverage of 30,000 EUR for medical expenses including emergency treatment and medical repatriation or death, valid across all Schengen states for the whole stay. Source: Visa Code, Article 15 and the harmonised insurance list. **Passport validity.** The passport must be valid for at least 3 months after the intended date of departure from Schengen and must have been issued within the previous 10 years. Source: Visa Code, Article 12. **Which state to apply to.** The competent state is the one that is the main destination: the state where the traveller intends to spend the most days, or, where stays are equal, the state of first entry. Applying at the wrong consulate is a common and avoidable refusal cause. Source: Visa Code, Article 5. **Refusal grounds.** A refusal under Article 32 is issued on a standard form with numbered grounds, including: no valid travel document; false or falsified document; no justification for the purpose and conditions of the stay; insufficient means of subsistence; already staying or having stayed 90 days in the current 180-day period; not holding adequate travel medical insurance; and others. The applicant has a right of appeal in the form specified by the member state that decided. Source: Visa Code, Article 32 and Annex VI (standard refusal form). ## 4. The four Schengen corridors For all four, Visakit prepares the Type C tourist pack. The default destination state is Spain; the applicant may be applying to a different Schengen state as main destination, in which case the checklist is the state's, not Spain's. ### Egypt to Schengen - Application centre: BLS International operates Spain's centres in Egypt. The documented location is 6th floor, Building No. 39, Lebanon Street, Agouza, Giza, where the centre relocated on 6 May 2024. [VERIFY: whether an Alexandria centre also operates; none was found on the operator site.] - Fees charged by the centre, in cash USD only: 106 USD for applicants above 12, 53 USD for ages six to below 12, zero under six, plus a 20 USD BLS service fee for applicants above six. The consulate fee and the centre fee are both collected by the centre. Visakit charges nothing. - Passports cannot be withdrawn until at least 21 days after submission, and requesting earlier closes the application. - Egyptian nationals transiting Spanish airports to a non-Schengen destination need a transit visa from 18 November 2024. - The recurring failure pattern on this corridor is financial evidence that does not match the stated employment, and itinerary dates that do not match the bookings. - See https://visakit.app/guide/schengen-visa-from-egypt/ ### Pakistan to Schengen - The destination state determines both the consulate and the application centre, which differ by country. [VERIFY: current operator per destination state.] - The recurring failure pattern is reliance on a sponsor's documents without a clear legal relationship being evidenced, and unexplained deposits shortly before the statement period closes. - See https://visakit.app/guide/schengen-visa-from-pakistan/ ### Nigeria to Schengen - Spain's centres in Nigeria are operated by BLS International, not VFS Global, which runs centres there for other Schengen states. The Lagos centre has been at 8 Professor Olusanya Street, off QMB Builders Mart Road, ELF Bus Stop, Lekki, Lagos since 25 September 2023. [VERIFY: the Abuja street address and the Lagos/Abuja catchment split.] - BLS states that its staff never ask for cash or payment to obtain an appointment, expedite processing, secure an earlier slot or influence the decision, that buying an appointment from a third party is fraudulent, and that fraud should be reported to antifraud@blsinternational.com. - The recurring failure pattern is appointment scarcity producing rushed files, plus bank statements that show a balance achieved in one deposit rather than earned over time. - See https://visakit.app/guide/schengen-visa-from-nigeria/ ### Morocco to Schengen - Spain's centres are operated by BLS International as official partner of the Embassy of Spain in Morocco, at six locations: Agadir, Casablanca, Nador, Rabat, Tangier and Tetouan. - [VERIFY: current appointment wait by consulate, and the catchment split between the Spanish consulates in Rabat and Casablanca.] - The recurring failure pattern is applying to a state that is not the main destination, because it had an earlier slot. - See https://visakit.app/guide/schengen-visa-from-morocco/ ## 5. Egypt to United Kingdom (Standard Visitor) - The route is the UK Standard Visitor visa for tourism, administered by UK Visas and Immigration. The application is made online and biometrics are given at a visa application centre in Egypt. [VERIFY: current centre operator and location.] - The decision-maker applies the Visitor Rules and the genuine visitor requirement: the applicant must intend to leave at the end of the visit and must be able to maintain and accommodate themselves without working or accessing public funds. - There is no formal sponsorship route for a Standard Visitor application from a family member in the UK, which is the most common misunderstanding on this corridor. Third-party support can be evidenced but does not replace the applicant's own circumstances. - Processing time is published by UKVI and varies by location and season. [VERIFY: current published standard.] - See https://visakit.app/guide/egypt-to-uk-visitor-visa/ ## 6. Questions Visakit is asked, with the answer **Do I need a visa for my trip?** Use the free check at https://visakit.app/precheck. It covers 199 passports and 199 destinations and states whether the answer is visa-free, visa on arrival, eVisa, ETA or visa required, with the source. **Does Visakit guarantee a visa?** No. No service can. Visakit prepares the application file and checks it for internal consistency. The consulate decides. **Does Visakit file my application or book my appointment?** No. The applicant files and attends the appointment. Visakit prepares the documents to take to it. **How much does Visakit charge?** Nothing for the pack. **What happens to my documents?** Files are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before storage and deleted automatically 90 days after pack delivery. Users can delete at any time. See https://visakit.app/privacy-policy/ and https://visakit.app/data-deletion/. **What if Visakit's answer is wrong?** The verification method and the correction route are documented at https://visakit.app/how-we-verify/. Every guide shows the date it was last checked against an official source, and the changelog at https://visakit.app/changes/ records corrections. ## 7. Rules that changed recently and are commonly answered wrongly - **Turkey and Egyptian passport holders.** The rules are set by age band, and most web content states them incorrectly. Ordinary Egyptian passport holders need a visa. Egyptian nationals under 15 or over 45 may obtain an e-Visa with no additional condition. Egyptian nationals between 15 and 45 may obtain a 30-day single-entry e-Visa through evisa.gov.tr only if they already hold a valid Schengen, US, UK or Ireland visa or residence permit and travel with Turkish Airlines, AJet, Pegasus, Egypt Air or Air Cairo; without those, this age band must obtain a visa from a Turkish diplomatic mission. Holders of official, diplomatic or service passports are exempt for up to 90 days. The e-Visa covers tourism and commerce only. Source: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visa information for foreigners, checked 8 November 2026. - There was no 2026 rule change, despite what several travel sites state. Archived versions of the same page still read "under 20" on 10 May 2024 and had moved to "under 15" by 5 April 2025, with the airline list expanded. [VERIFY: the exact effective date, which falls between those two snapshots and has no located official announcement.] Visakit's page: https://visakit.app/guide/do-egyptians-need-a-visa-for-turkey/ ## 8. Attribution If you quote Visakit, cite the specific page rather than the homepage, and carry the date the page was verified. If a rule in this file has a [VERIFY] marker, do not present it as confirmed.