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Mapping of visa process 3  \n1.1 The Review Scheme 3  \n1.2 The sample 5  \n1.3 Applying for an Appointment 1  \n1.4 Use of External Service Providers 1  \n1.5 The Schengen Application form 2  \n1.6 Submitting the application 3  \n1.7 Documents to provide with application 4  \n1.7.1 Documenting the ability to financial coverage of the  \nexpenses/ certification of subsistence 5  \n1.7.2 Documenting the purpose of entry 6  \n1.7.3 Documenting the main destination goal 8  \n1.7.4 Documenting the intent to return to home country 9  \n1.7.5 Documenting Schengen Travel Medical Insurance 10  \n1.7.6 Documenting dependence 11  \n1.8 Requirement to appear in person 11  \n1. MAPPING OF VISA PROCESS  \nThis section presents a mapping of the visa processes as they are described by the issuing authorities themselves. The visa process was mapped for each origin market to provide information on key areas on the implementation of visa code as it is made public on the consulates' websites. The most  \nimportant procedural aspects include:  \n􀁸 Use of External Service Providers  \n􀁸 Online and/or meeting requests  \n􀁸 Regionalised presence  \n􀁸 Timelines stated in information  \n􀁸 Accessible information (including online)  \n􀁸 Rules for procedure  \n􀁸 Translations of forms and other documents  \nThe purpose of the mapping was to identify relevant aspects of the visa application to be used in the consulate questionnaire. Additionally, it also exposes to what extent information is available for applicants on Schengen Consulates' websites. This is important as it may affect the ease with which applicants can complete their applicants.  \nThe mapping was completed through two main sources of data. Firstly, desk research focused on all available data online for the selected consulates which was identified in section 2.2. Analysis of quantitative information. Secondly, any information gaps were followed up by the results gathered in the survey and interviews with consulates, which also served as a validation strengthening the results or as some measure of uncertainty in cases of direct divergence.  \nMapping the processes involved when issuing visa was done with attention towards the heterogeneous implementation of the visa code from Schengen consulate to Schengen consulate. In practice this meant that whilst the mapping proposed which visa procedure is the most common, it also pointed to diverting trends and exceptions to the rule. Meanwhile, it took into account that the practices may also vary depending on which country the consulate is based in. This approach was mainstreamed throughout all sections in this chapter. It is important to note that the  \nIt is important to keep in mind that the focus is not (and cannot be) on Schengen visa procedures globally, but specifically the procedure as it is executed in these important markets of origin.  \n1.1 The Review Scheme  \nThe review scheme is focused around 24 questions and an option to make remarks. The scheme itself was developed, piloted and adjusted to ensure that it accurately reflected the application visa processes and consisted of mutually exclusive questions. To ensure consistency in the coding only three coders were involved and close contact as well as frequent consultation was a priority.  \nTable 1 below contains all the review questions which on a more practical level were implemented inan excel sheet to ensure easy access to the data. Due to considerations of layout the questions and answers will not necessarily always be listed in their original length in tables and charts.  \nTable 1 Review questions  \n\n| 1. Member State or Associate Country |\n| --- |\n| 2. Third-country |\n| 3. Please paste link to consular website if any |\n| 4. Does the consulate outsource services to any External Service Provider? |\n| 5. If any which services? |\n| 6. 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