Can a tourist who is in UK on a tourist visa apply for a schengen visa from uk?

I am a Bangladeshi national coming to UK on a tourist visa. Would I be able to apply for a French/Belgian tourist visa from London? Or, do I have to take it from my home country?

No, you can’t. You need to be on a resident status and hold a visa which is valid for longer than six months to do so. No need to apply from your home country.
http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Visa-website-of-the-French.html#outil_sommaire_12 ..
The application must be made to the Embassy of the country in which you plan to stay the longest time; either the French Embassy for the French visa or the Embassy of the Netherlands, which issues visa on behalf of Belgium in Dhaka.
http://ambafrance-bd.org/france_bangladesh/spip.php?rubrique110 ..
http://www.netherlandsembassydhaka.org/schengen_visa-3.html ..

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One Response to “Can a tourist who is in UK on a tourist visa apply for a schengen visa from uk?”

GPapenburg on January 17th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

No, you can’t. You need to be on a resident status and hold a visa which is valid for longer than six months to do so. No need to apply from your home country.
http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Visa-website-of-the-French.html#outil_sommaire_12 ..
The application must be made to the Embassy of the country in which you plan to stay the longest time; either the French Embassy for the French visa or the Embassy of the Netherlands, which issues visa on behalf of Belgium in Dhaka.
http://ambafrance-bd.org/france_bangladesh/spip.php?rubrique110 ..
http://www.netherlandsembassydhaka.org/schengen_visa-3.html ..
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