VFS Global Netherlands visa from Turkey is a complete nightmare stuck in an infinite loop for a month. Anyone else? Any way out?
I've been trying to book a Schengen visa appointment at VFS Global in Turkey for the Netherlands for about a month or 2 now and it's been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life. Here's the timeline:
**Step 1 – Can't even create an account.** The VFS Global website kept throwing "session expired" errors every time I tried to register. Took me ages to finally get an account created.
**Step 2 – Joined the waitlist.** No slots available, so I joined the waitlist like you're supposed to.
**Step 3 – Got the magic email... that leads nowhere.** After two weeks on the waitlist, I got an email saying a slot was available and I had 48 hours to book. Every single time I log in and go to book, it says there are no available slots. If I click the arrow to check June, I immediately get a "session expired" error and get kicked out.
**Step 4 – Rinse and repeat.** The 48 hours expire, I get bumped to the back of the waitlist, wait another week, same email, same broken booking page, same result. This has happened multiple times now.
I've also been emailing their support for weeks and every single reply is a copy pasted non answer that doesn't address my actual problem. There's no way to speak to a real human on the phone either.
I genuinely don't know what to do. Has anyone managed to break out of this loop? Any help appreciated because I'm losing my mind.