Given a travel related situation, and given a specific question about the situation, summarize the question into a title

Ex Input:
I went to the Italian consulate in Washington, DC today and they would not accept my visa application because they said my US visa stamp cannot expire less than 3 months after the end of my trip to Italy. Here's my relevant visa and trip info:


US visa stamp expires on 16 Dec 2015
I-797 valid until 3 Mar 2017
Trip to Italy is from 15 Oct to 25 Oct 2015


Is it true that my visa stamp needs to be valid for 3 months after my trip, even though I can legally stay in the US until 2017? Does anyone have any suggestions for getting a Schengen visa in my situation?


Ex Output:
Schengen visa application rejected because my US visa stamp expires in December. What are my options?


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We're off to Borovets skiing in a month or so. We want to book ski/snowboard hire, passes, etc but finding the websites difficult to navigate. 

Does anyone have experience of getting ski hire on arrival? 

Is it easy, reasonably priced, etc.? 


Ex Output:
Is it easy to get snowboard/ski hire in Borovets without prior booking?


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I am opening up this thread to know from fellow travelers who are planning to visit tje EU (Spain in particular) from the US. I plan to travel somewhere in December 2018 around Christmas time, go to India after staying there for 7-10 days, and return to the US by the 4th week of January.

Do I need to apply for a Schengen visa in advance, or can I get visa on arrival as I am a valid US non permanent resident? Also, I do not have an H-1B visa stamped in my passport, but I have an approved I-797A (Notice of H-1B visa approval). 

Please let me know if something is not clear from my end, looking forward to hearing.

Thanks.


Ex Output:

Indian citizen with valid H1-B visa until 11/2020. Do I need to apply for Schengen visa?