Part - 1 Rejection
Case 1:
Rejection reason was justification for the purpose and the condition of the intended stay was not provided:
The applicant has applied for a visa to meet with client. The applicant has informed the he will be conducting training as well as day to day tasks and workshops and similar sessions with the local team whilst in Norway. where training may be exempted from the requirement of a residence permit, engaging in the work related task is not covered under the any of the exemption of the residence permit. All work relating to the realisation of a contract (product development) is not an activity typically performed by a business traveller outside scope of the provision. 'Workshops' and similar discussion forums are therefore not deemed to be covered, as this type of activity is deemed to be part of the product development, where the participants exchange knowledge and information as part of there ordinary task in their home country. Consequently the stated purpose and conditions to the visa application has not been justified and visa cannot be issued.
Based on the attached description of the application's activities in Norway the applicant must apply for the residence permit.
What should I do next? I do not want residence permit and i have to travel through business visa for 22 days.
Case 2:
The applicant has informed that he will attend workshops or similar session, as well as development projects at leardal offices. Further, hew will engage in "Continued development based on findings the week before". Such activity is deemed to be part of the product development, thus not covered by any of the exemptions form the requirement of a residence permit. Consequently, the stated purpose and conditions of the visa application has not been justified and a visa cannot be issued.
In invitation letter its was mentioned as During his stay in norway Mr XYZ, will attend workshops discussing future software development projects at client location.
What should be change in purpose of visit? I want business visa only.
Part - 2 Here is invitation letter Planning to apply again,Which among these would justifies visit, would like to visit to gather knowledge for the project. I have not yet applied just asking for opnion which invite should i apply so that i can have more chance of getting visa. please check previous rejection above.
Require business Schengen visa for 22 days
case Inv_1:
We hereby kindly ask you to issue a 6 months Schengen business visa for Mr. XYZ, aaa, bearer of passport number: aaa, issued by ttt on ddd, expiring on ddd.
Mr. XYZ who is employed by EEEE in since ABC 20XX with the position of Senior Software Engineer will arrive in Norway on ddd (estimated) and departure to HOME, on ddd (estimated).
QQQ is a client of EEEE for the past 4 years and the relationship is continuing to grow. Recently EEEE was awarded with new project from QQQ, which is a “DDD” and Mr. XYZ is invited to QQQ office to gather knowledge about the project and do a detailed discovery of current functionality and the requirements. As this is an App in Training category, it’s important that Mr. XYZ understands the requirements well before going back to HOME starting the development. There are many workshops and discussion sessions planned for understanding the design, receiving knowledge on equipment/manikins and taking guidance from QQQ team.
Case Inv_2
We hereby kindly ask you to issue a 6 months Schengen business visa for Mr. XYZ, aaa, bearer of passport number: aaa, issued by ttt on ddd, expiring on ddd.
Mr. XYZ who is employed by EEEE in since ABC 20XX with the position of Senior Software Engineer will arrive in Norway on DDD (estimated) and departure to HOME, on DDD (estimated).
During his stay in Norway, Mr. XYZ will attend project initiation meetings and technical training in software development for the DDD project at QQQ Offices.
Which among two case is proper reason which will come under the Business Visa ?? Among 2 case of letter which has higher chance of getting visa ?
