Never Give Up on Your Schengen Dream! There is absolutely no reason to give up on getting a Schengen visa! After a painful rejection for a German visitor visa, I knew I had to be incredibly meticulous and extra careful with my documents this time. My chosen gateway? The Czech Republic. Here’s the full story of my Schengen visa journey, applied on April 28, 2025, for a departure date of May 27, 2025. April 28, 2025: Submitting Documents at VFS Global Jakarta My appointment was at 10:00 AM, but I wasn't called until 10:30 AM. Because of a slight mismatch in my documents, I ended up having to pay for a prime-time slot at 1:00 PM. No matter how carefully I thought I had prepared everything, something still slipped through the cracks! The issue was a one-day discrepancy between my accommodation dates and my flight arrival schedule. My dummy flight ticket showed me landing in the Schengen area on May 27 (returning June 17), but my detailed itinerary started from May 28 to June 17. Even m...