Estonian Visa Center in Moscow: everything you need to know about it

Every Russian tourist planning to travel to another country, faces the most common problem - the issuance of a visa and other documents. This is a very boring, long and slightly unpleasant business, as the preparation process takes from a few days to a couple of months. Before starting this process, modern travelers look to the Internet in the hope of finding answers to their questions about the visa. This article will help tourists who chose Estonia as the place of their first or next trip.

A trip to Estonia: what do Russians need to do?

Estonia is a member of the Schengen countries, therefore a visa is strictly necessary for its visit. Without it, there is no way to stay in the country even when traveling. As a result, tourists are advised to take due care and rigor to the visa registration in order to avoid problems at the customs.

A visa to the Republic of Estonia is issued in accordance with the rules of the law. In the last couple of years the list of places where it is possible to issue documentation on a visa has become wider, as visa centers are opened in all cities.

Visa to Estonia. Visa Application Center in Moscow

There are two types of visa to this country - long-term and short-term. All Russian citizens who have a Russian passport can apply to the Estonian Visa Application Center in Moscow. As a rule, the short-term is more popular and common. With the help of this type of visa you can stay in the country for no more than 3 months. It is provided for up to 5 years. A long-term visa can be obtained only if the tourist has already received 3 earlier visas in any of the Schengen countries. According to the legislation of Estonia, foreign students who study on the territory of the country for exchange, also have the right to issue a long-term visa. In addition, the presence in Estonia of a family or an invitation from the employer in an official framework is another legitimate way of staying in the country with a long-term visa. In such a situation it is necessary to transfer documents of kinship or an invitation to work in the visa center of the Estonian embassy in Moscow. All papers must contain seals and signatures.

Documents, terms and cost of visa

Regardless of external and internal factors, the standard set of papers for the design of Schengen in Estonia contains the following items:

• Passport and copies of its main pages (several must be empty);
• A questionnaire filled with a tourist;
• Two photographs of the established pattern;
• Statements from the bank's accounts that confirm the existence of necessary finances (the calculation is made relative to the current rate of the Estonian currency);
• A copy of the passport of the Russian Federation;
• Voucher (air ticket, hotel reservation or tour package).

In addition, the service of the Estonian Visa Application Center in Moscow can directly demand additional statements, papers, certificates, etc.

The terms for obtaining a visa are almost everywhere, in all centers, the same. Usually a Schengen visa is issued in about a week after the filing of a package of documents. An urgent visa, executed for individual reasons, is issued for 3 days (workers).

The price of a visa depends on how the tourist gets it. For example, a consular fee is paid in Moscow. It is about 35 euros. But with an urgent visa fee is already more expensive - 50 euros. Payment is made in cash or in a non-cash way.

When you apply to the center of Moscow, you will also need to pay 18.5 euros as a tax. In the event of refusal to issue a Schengen visa, all financial resources spent on documents and others are not returned.

To transfer by proxy a set of documents for a visa is possible only in one case, when all registration is handled by a travel agency. It is also important to note that the tourist is obliged to pass the procedure for the delivery of biometric data. In the future, they will be transferred, provided that there will be no violations. All information on biometric data is stored in one huge common database. Therefore, when you issue a new visa (for example, in the Estonian visa center in Moscow) you can use the already prepared data from the database. This is possible only in the center of the capital, in other regions and regions of Russia such a service, unfortunately, is absent.

Address of the Visa Center of Estonia in Moscow

Where can I go to a Russian tourist? To get a visa in the capital, you need to go to the visa center of Estonia in Moscow, which is located at: Shabolovka street, 31, building 5.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to book a time, having registered in advance. The only option is to collect all the necessary papers and, in the order of a live order, to submit them to the center. In the same order, the documents are taken away. The official website of this center has all the contacts, including the phone, which is allowed to call to consult with an expert.

In addition to the main visa center, in the capital there is a Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia. It is located near the metro station "Arbatskaya", in Kalashniy lane. All information, data and contacts are listed on the organization's website.