BLS InternationalReviews of blsspainvisa.com

A corrupt visa company! Called the Spanish Consulate in early May about a lack of appointments on the BLS website, the Consulate advised that they have subcontracted the visa work to BLS and to deal with them. BLS had zero appointments from the 5th of May till the 30th of May, I checked everyday, sometimes 3 times a day. The BLS website would also not allow you to book in later months, only the current month of May. On May 31st, the bookings page reset itself, still no appointments available, but the "no slots available" days had all turned to a grey colour and the June month was showing, but it wasn't bookable yet. I checked at midnight of June 1st, it was still the same. I went to sleep hoping I would get an appointment in the morning. When I checked at 6:23am, all the appointment slots have been fully booked! I can get an appointment from the dodgy Indian visa agents who are advertising schengen visa aervices online, but they can cost anywhere from £300 up to £700 just for an appointment, and I don't trust them either. BLS is an Indian company that works with embassies and governments on visa processing services. Looks like a dodgy setup with BLS selling all the appointments to middle men, who then are charging extortionate prices just for an appointment. I know India is endemically corrupt, but can you guys not export it here to the UK? Anyway not booking a holiday to Spain again! And will check which countries use BLS as a visa processing service before I book a holiday and need to obtain a Schengen visa for my wife. Has definitely lowered my view of Spain!

I echo the sentiments shown by other people on this platform regarding BLS international. If you thinking of going to Spain for leisure and require a VISA, think again. The whole experience will leave you very frustrated and very exhausted. I emailed the Spanish consulate in London, ofcourse they did not respond to my emails ! It seems they want to keep tourist away from Spain, its a shame I will be spending that money in another country.

This company is worst of all, how can they always have all booking slots full, they just released slot for June today and when I checked now its all full, rubbish system.

This company is definitely a scam and i’m 100% sure they are selling appointments to agencies first. I have been checking for June 2023 appointments all day when it was unavailable and miraculously over midnight they have been fully booked out. How is that even possible ? All agencies have appointments for a cost of £300 and you just cannot get a free appointment. Such a money making scam, absolutely disgusting and disappointed. Regret booking a holiday in Spain!

1. I think Schengen area should start providing e-visas because otherwise the current visa process (specially for Spain visa) is absolutely inconsiderate of people's time. It took me 5 months of regularly mindlessly refreshing their website to get an appointment, with everyday being a disappointment and the closer I was getting to my date of travel the more panicking my situation got. I really wish I could ask them for paying me for all the distress their process caused. 2. Unreliable people who are working at the office! When I did not blindly follow their website, I was told by people that Manchester area can take appointments in Edinburgh. So I called at the number given on their website and explained our whole situation including that we are in Manchester and have secured an appointment for Edinburgh. The person on the call never told us that we can not go to Edinburgh as Edinburgh consulate will not accept applications from the Manchester area. But when we went to Edinburgh for the appointment. So, when we started giving our documents to Edinburgh office, we were turned away without even listening. Such a waste of time, efforts and of course train tickets/money. 3. What their websites say is different from what they ask, in terms of documents. The content is confusing. I can't give you any advice on that. I guess it will be pure luck if you get the documents right. It also says no walk-ins will be allowed, however when I went for my appointment, there were groups of people who were just walking-in. I wish I hadn't blindly followed their website and walked-in for the appointment, could have saved so much of my time which I could have utilised otherwise. Unreliable website! 4. Their visa delivery process is an entirely different level of loot and distress. Please do not opt for delivery, please opt for collection of passport. In my case, delivery was attempted in the morning, while I got the message that there will be attempted delivery in the evening. It became a problem because had I known they would attempt delivery I wouldn't have left my house as getting the passport/visa was my only priority. And when I tried scheduling the delivery, the nearest date available for collection was the date before my travel. Scheduled it with the hope that I don't miss it, there can't be room for mis-coordination or mis-communication here!! Their mis-coordination mistake would be heavy on my wallet..

They don't deserve even 1 star! I have dealt with other visa processing facilitators and this is by far the worst! My 16 year old son has been offered a place with the Turing Scheme to visit Valencia in July. I have submitted all his paperwork online and have been trying to get an appointment with BLS in Manchester since early April. We have written emails; begged our case on telephone; social media etc only to be told.."keep logging on and trying to find a date". The dates are not being issued due to private visa processing syndicates block booking dates and jamming the system (from what we've heard). This makes it impossible for the common person to gain any help. How are people expected to visit Spain if this is the level of service (or lack thereof) they can expect from BLS / The Spanish Consulate. Esto deja una mala impresión del gobierno español. ¡Es una pena!

I have been living in the UK for over three years, and kept hoping that the Spanish consulate will one day listen to customers’ voice and stop dealing with BLS, with no luck. In my last experience, and after having miraculously found an online appointment, I received an email just five hours before the time of my appointment to inform me about a change of address of the application center. I attended the office and was just informed on the spot that the office is only accepting cash for paying the visa fees. After having lost my time in searching for an ATM to withdraw the amount in cash, I was shocked having my flight tickets refused by the staff there because of having them booked from a travel agency - which is something I always tend to do. The tickets clearly contain the airlines’ reservation code, though the staff insisted that I should rebook and pay for my ticket straightly from the airlines’ office, which is something not even requested in the documents checklist issued by the European Commission. I just cancelled my trip to Spain, and will now travel to Turkey instead and spend my holiday there. PS: Of course - and as usual - no customer service by phone is available for us to speak to someone and enquire about the visa requirements prior to the appointment, or even to raise a complaint afterwards!

We were told to make contact as soon as the paperwork arrived from the Spanish police , confirming we have been invited to stay with family and we have the pre booked flights that were required for the application. Today we have been informed we need to change our flights to a later date. Due to NO dates/slots available with BLS. Due to travel 18th June ….. But changes to our flights will invalidate the police form!!!! This form alone has cost over €260 with postage, plus there will be an additional cost to change our flights !!! We were completely guided by this company & now due to not enough appointments, we are massively out of pocket and can no longer be processed for a visa. Despite following their timeframe. Tried sending an email via the address shown on the website but surprise surprise unable to deliver !!!!!! Utter joke ……… Spanish embassy/consulate use this company but they are losing loads in revenue with the lack visitors due to these visa appointment issues !!!!