Article 32(1)(a)(ii) of the Visa Code, printed on the refusal form as the box about justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay. It is the most commonly ticked box and it is usually about missing paper rather than an unconvincing trip.
Box 2, Article 32(1)(a)(ii)
you have not provided justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay
Whether the documents explain what you are going to do, where you will stay, and on what terms.
justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not provided;
Handbook for the processing of visa applications and the modification of issued visas, Point 11.1, refusal ground 2
the competent authorities of a Member State cannot refuse, following the examination of an application for a uniform visa, to issue such a visa to an applicant unless one of the grounds for refusal of a visa listed in those provisions can be applied to that applicant.
Rahmanian Koushkaki v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Case C-84/12), Judgment, paragraph 63
A file that describes one journey: what you are doing, where you will sleep on every night you asked for, and what ties the dates together. Consulates decide thousands of these and they read the documents rather than the form.
Accommodation booked for four nights of a twelve-night trip. No itinerary at all. An invitation with no address and no status. A conference named on the form with no registration enclosed. Flights booked for dates that are not the dates on the form.
A dated itinerary covering every day. Accommodation for the full period, or a host invitation with their address and residence status. Flight reservations that match. Evidence of the reason: registration, tickets, a letter from both companies for a business visit.
You can reapply at any time. You can also challenge the decision, and the route depends on the member state that refused you: Germany takes a remonstration within a month, Poland a request for re-examination within fourteen days, France an appeal to a commission within two months. The deadline printed on your form governs, and we print it at the top of the letter.
You may apply again at any time. A new application is decided on its own evidence, so it only helps if the ticked boxes are answered.
A remonstration asks the same consulate to look again, with the evidence that was missing. Some member states offer it, some do not, and the deadline differs by state. The deadline on your refusal form governs.
Every member state must offer an appeal against a Schengen visa refusal. The body and the deadline are named on the refusal form. Appeals are formal and most are decided on the papers.
This route needs a regulated adviser.
The refusal is given on the standard form in Annex VI of the Visa Code, Regulation (EC) No 810/2009. The ticked boxes are the grounds. The appeal route, its authority and its deadline are printed on that form and the printed version governs.
Our software reads the refusal, names the grounds and the route, checks every ground against your documents with the refused ones held open, and writes the reapplication letter that answers each one by its reference. Re-runs and second-refusal handling included for 30 days.