Hi all,
I'm a UK national and I'm planning to apply for a D7 visa to Portugal. This site has been a real goldmine of information so far, but there's a few things regarding the accommodation requirement that I'm unsure about.
Is an AirBnB (or equivalent) reservation for the initial 4 month period sufficient for the first visa application? I've read that this definitely used to be the case, but it seems to have changed now?
How can you arrange accommodation for the visa period if at the time of application you do not know when the visa will issued? This seems like an impossible catch 22 situation. Can you specify a date in the application sufficiently in the future on which you plan to travel to Portugal and then arrange everything around this?
I've sent VFS an email with the same questions a few days ago. I'm not very optimistic about my chances of getting a reply, but if I do, I'll post the info here.
Thanks!