I mean, to get to Portugal my friend is doing it now she just has to show money and 3 years of tax returns.....for a normal person working that shouldn't be so hard....people without jobs is the ones they won't give it to
You could do medical visa if he is doing treatments the entire time with a local doctor...just need a note from doctor about how long he has to stay in the country
usually have to show 6 months of her bank records, proof of how she earned the money, then also tax records for the past 3 years and also proof of reason to come home which would be ownership of land, employment, children, sick family etc
U do know how far the ministry is from the embassy? We tried that once we never made it on time. But u don't do ur translation there u go to the translator then the ministry