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Schengen

Bought insurance from a comparison site and it was EUR 25,000, not 30,000

BNBlaise N.Traveller2026-05-19

Outcome

refused

Route

BEBelgium

Schengen short stay

Turnaround

14 days

Belgian Embassy, Yaoundé

The site called it "Schengen ready". It was not. The minimum is EUR 30,000 across all member states for the whole stay and mine was 25,000 for one country. Refused on code 7. Ninety euros gone over five euros of premium.

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