Several EU countries don’t accept documents from Russians for issuing tourist visas

Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands no longer accept documents for issuing tourist visas from Russian citizens, Report informs referring to the website of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

ATOR reports that Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Hungary and Cyprus continue to accept documents from Russians for issuing visas for tourist trips. At the same time, it is clarified that these are national visas, not Schengen visas.

ATOR added that the terms for consideration of documents have increased. Now the procedure takes up to four weeks.

“So, the Hungarian consulate in Moscow on average issues a visa in 15 calendar days, the Greek consulate - in 2.5 weeks,” the website says.