Going on vacation to countries where a Schengen document is required, there is a desire to drop everything and go on vacation to a country where there are fewer problems. In fact, in order to obtain a Schengen visa, you do not need a huge amount of nerves, money and time. In this article, we will tell you how quickly and on your own you can do everything that you need to leave to rest with a pure soul.
What are the types of Schengen visa?
To resolve the issue, you will need to understand some points, the first point is to analyze the types.
There are 4 different types:
- A (transit, especially for the airport) - this option gives you the right to be in the airport area and does not give you the right to leave the transit area at the airport.
- IN (transit) - this type gives you the right to transit through the country, suitable for tourists traveling by car around the world, this visa gives you the right to visit the country for no more than 5 days.
- WITH (guest) - this type gives the tourist the right to stay in the country for a certain time, previously agreed upon at the embassy.
- D (long-term) - this type will give the tourist the right to visit only the territory of the country and the right to transit through the territories of other countries belonging to the European Union.
Which Schengen visa is easier to obtain?
All EU countries are very picky about tourists and like to refuse to receive them. How to get a Schengen visa and how to do it is easy to try to tell you. Denmark and the Netherlands can be distinguished from the most fastidious countries, in these countries the number of refusals reaches 88 percent, so you should not go there if you are traveling and making a document for the first time. Countries such as France, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Germany and a number of other countries love tourists and even help with filling out documents, so if you are visiting these countries for the first time, you should not be afraid of rejection.
It is also worth highlighting a number of countries that will not only draw up documents for you themselves, but will also happily meet you, such countries include Spain, Greece, Portugal. To summarize, the easiest way is to make a 'pass' to tourist countries, if you are still going to go to the country where it is most difficult to get a visa, the plus will be that you have already received a visa to other countries, this gives rise to trust in you and your documents. Do not forget to fill out the documents in advance and make an appointment about a month in advance, because delays in obtaining documents are a frequent phenomenon and your travel voucher will simply burn out.
What documents are needed?
As we have already said, it is better to prepare everything that is needed to obtain a Schengen visa in advance, you need to arrange everything very well and without blots, neglect of such requirements often becomes a refusal to receive. The main documents you need to bring are:
- international passport + copies of all pages of the international passport
- old international passport with an expired period of validity
- Russian passport
- 2 color photographs 3.5 x 4.5 cm
- The questionnaire is in duplicate, one of the copies of the questionnaire must be in the language of the country in which you are getting ‘admission’
- Certificate of your solvency with a certain amount in your bank account
- Help from the place of work
- Medical insurance
- Copies of booked tickets
From September 14, 2015, in order to obtain a Schengen visa, you will additionally need to scan your fingerprints, this procedure can be done at mobile points in your city or visa centers, this will not affect the procedure and time of issue. The cost of the procedure for prints at mobile points is from 150 to 1600 euros.
People with physical disabilities do not need fingerprinting for fingerprinting, as for children, all children under 12 years old are also exempt from fingerprinting, well, everyone who has already received a Schengen visa will not need fingerprinting, we wait until the expiration date.
Now let's discuss the entire list in more detail. The first thing you need to do is contact the consulate or a specialized visa center. Do not try to listen to anyone on this issue, only the official representation of the consulate of the country in which you receive the document or a specialized visa center with a license will help you. You can easily find the addresses of consulates on their official websites.
The questionnaire is issued only at the consulate or visa center of your city, you do not need to download incomprehensible questionnaire forms from the Internet, you will only increase the risk of being denied the desired option and ruin your vacation. Forms to different countries of the European Union are constantly being modified and you need to download them only from the official website of the consulate of the country or ask at the visa center.
Some countries even require the consent of the child's parents, if the child is traveling alone, you should not omit this point, without such a nuance you will not be allowed out of the airport of some countries, for example France. The entire list of everything you need to obtain a Schengen visa must be collected by you 100 percent, even with such nuances as the consent of the child's parents.
A significant plus will be if you have already received a visa to some other country, this will give you confidence and the period for considering your candidacy will be reduced, verified empirically by the travel-picture.ru team, even if the previous visit to the countries was long ago, find and copy the documents.
Since February, new rules for obtaining a Schengen visa have come into force in the European Union. An application for consideration can be submitted six months before the planned trip. The maximum time for consideration of the questionnaire is 15 days. Visa cost - 80 euros
If you plan to travel across the country, resting and sightseeing, then supplement the list of documents with the usual description of hotels, routes, ticket reservations, this is also a huge plus in obtaining. Do not forget to draw up the questionnaire correctly, do not try to look for examples of questionnaires on the Internet, only on the websites of the country's consulate.
Now you need to prepare the arguments of your intentions and why you are going to the EU countries. You need to prove that you are traveling to travel, the proof will be the booking of tickets and hotels. Next, you need to prove that you can pay and you have enough money for a living wage for the entire period of stay in the country, proof of this will be your bank account with an amount equal to the cost of living in the country multiplied by the number of days you stay in the country. And you will also need to prove that you can return back, for this it is enough to show copies of tickets back home.
Advantages in obtaining admission abroad on your own
How to get a visa and at the same time save money? You will answer this question if you do everything yourself and without intermediaries, there is nothing complicated here. Mediators charge a minimum of $ 300 for receiving just for sending documents to the embassy, but you yourself can go and give it in person. Do not forget, because you have already done all the routine work of collecting a set of papers yourself, you just have to submit the documents for verification, why overpay.
Obtaining a visa on your own will give you much more advantages than through a travel agency. The travel agency will make you a visa for exactly as much as you need, you can independently set the period of stay you need in the country and even get a multivisa.
Even a travel agency makes mistakes leading to a refusal to receive travel abroad, in order to eliminate this nuance, we advise you to control the entire process yourself and without intermediaries. Responsibly, no one will approach this issue except yourself.
Never listen to employees of travel agencies scaring you with a huge package of papers and daily queues, this stereotype will disappear immediately if you decide to make a visa yourself. Moreover, if you do everything through a travel agency, do not forget that you can lose a certain amount of money for a tour that has already been paid for, some travel agencies do not return money
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How easy is it to get a multivisa?
It is very easy to get a multivisa, and the chances are much higher if you are going to get a visa on your own and without intermediaries. You can get it if you have already been to the same country several times without violating the visa regime.
A multivisa gives you the right to visit the Schengen countries as much as you want, but within the period for which the document is issued to you. The main condition is that you must definitely arrive in the country that issued the multivisa to you and from this country you can go in any direction.
The terms for issuing a Schengen multivisa start from 10 days to 5 years. Tourists can receive documents from 3 months to 1 year, but if you are a diplomat or businessman, then such a document can be given for 5 years without any problems. You can start registration only after you have accumulated several visas in the countries of the Schengen zone and it is best to submit documents to those embassies to which you have already applied for a visa.
You will not find anything new from the documents for obtaining a multivisa, everything is the same, the only thing that will need to be indicated in the questionnaire is how many times you are going to visit the country you are going to. And the second nuance is the proof of your solvency, which we have already described above.
Which countries do you need a Schengen visa to?
A Schengen visa is needed in almost all countries of Europe and the European Union, we will assume that you have already received the document easily and quickly, without any special worries and hassles, now you need to familiarize yourself with the full list of visa-free countries. Next, we book a good hotel and look for a cheap air ticket, so your whole trip is ready for execution right now and right here!
General advice when receiving
It's best to get a visa yourself, it's not scary! Never listen to advice in travel agencies on huge queues and a big headache, all this is done to knock money out of you. When you receive a visa, you will save good money, nerves and money, and the consulate will gain confidence, which will already be a plus when obtaining a visa and a multiple entry visa.
Treat all documents more responsibly, well-filled documents will shorten the processing time, some blots in the questionnaire will not be scary if all other documents are in order. And the most important advice to tourists who receive a visa, remember, no one will refuse you a visa, if you wrote only the truth in the application form and provided all the documents! For even more information about where you can go to Europe, read a separate section with life hacks.
