Everyone knows that to enter most countries a special permit is required - a visa. In 1985, in the Schengen castle (Luxembourg), several European countries (Germany, France, Benelux countries) agreed to remove control of the border services. Later, several dozen states joined the union. Now in the "Schengen" 26 European powers, which can be visited on a single document. How to apply for permission to enter a country and where to apply for a Schengen visa?
The first thing to do is to contact the embassy of the country that you plan to visit. There you can find out what documents you need to provide, as well as write an application for a Schengen visa. For some countries (Great Britain, Portugal, USA), only its personal submission is provided. Therefore, it is better not to delegate a visa, but to do it yourself. In addition, in this case, you can save a decent amount of money.
Classification of countries by visa difficulty
1. Countries requiring a maximum number of documents from a tourist that put forward special requirements (prepayment for a hotel room, etc.). These include Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Luxembourg. An application for a Schengen visa at the embassies of these countries is best filed in person.
2. The most loyal states to Russian tourists: Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Finland. Recently, the process of obtaining a visa for countries such as France and Portugal has become more complicated.
Schengen visa: registration
For a short stay in the Schengen countries, a type C visa is usually issued, regardless of whether you are going on a visit, on a business trip or on vacation. Such permission gives the right to stay in the country for up to 90 days (at once or for several trips within six months).
The procedure for applying for a visa at all consulates is approximately the same (although each has its own characteristics).
Documents are submitted at the embassy in person or at the visa center through an agency or travel agency (by proxy).
An application for a Schengen visa should be submitted no earlier than 90 days before the trip.
On average, the time for obtaining a permit takes from 6 to 8 business days, an urgent procedure will take 1-3 days.
Required documents:
- profile;
valid passport;
photos;
honey. insurance;
An invitation or confirmation of your hotel reservation
tickets
income statement;
Bank reference;
photocopy of the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
receipt of consular and service fees (pay via bank or in cash when you apply).
You will be notified of the issuance of a Schengen visa by contacting you using the contact details specified in the application form.
Embassies and visa centers of European countries in Russia (except for St. Petersburg and Moscow)
You can apply at the consulates and visa centers in the following cities:
- Yekaterinburg: embassies of Germany, Hungary (you can apply for not only a Hungarian visa, but also Finnish, Austrian, Slovenian, Estonian, Latvian), visa centers of Spain, France, Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece.
- Novosibirsk: visa centers of Denmark, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Italy.
- Rostov-on-Don: visa centers of Spain, Denmark, the Romanian Embassy.
- Kaliningrad: Consulate of Poland.
- Kazan: visa centers of Denmark and Italy.
- In addition, Italy has a visa center in cities such as Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Lipetsk, Ufa, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk.