Visa to Greece. We independently prepare travel documents

Can I go abroad without the intermediary of a travel agency? Of course yes. And this organization of rest protects you from possible surprises and troubles, because more often we hear about bankruptcy or deception in the tourist business. And the money costs for such a trip will be more "transparent", since you yourself will dispose of your money and you will not have to pay sometimes very doubtful services and "beautiful" promises. So what does it take to organize an independent tourist trip abroad, for example, to Greece? We will consider a clear plan of action.

1. The first thing you need to do is to compose the route of the trip: look through the guidebooks, look at the Internet, ask friends who have been there and can share their experiences. In accordance with the route you will need to book a hotel and book air tickets.

2. Now it is necessary to do the preparation of permits for entry with a foreign country documents. Of course, you will need a passport and a visa to Greece, independently issued. Why do I need a visa? It gives the opportunity to travel to the Schengen area, confirms the purpose of the visit to the country and shows your solvency, solvency and reliability. A visa to Greece, independently designed, will require the collection of certain documents. The list can be found on the website of the Greek Embassy in Moscow. At first glance it is quite an impressive package. However, it is not difficult to collect the necessary documents for a visa to Greece. There are, however, some nuances. For example, you will need to confirm the payment of the hotel, but quite often hotels when booking a room only block the necessary amount on the credit card. Therefore, in this case, you need to make a copy certified by the bank from your "personal cabinet", where all banking operations are visible for a certain time and, in particular, blocking of funds, and submit it to the Embassy.

3. So, what documents are needed for a visa to Greece, independently issued, was received without unnecessary hassle? You will have to be patient and collect the following documents:

- questionnaire (it is filled in the visa service);

- a copy of all pages of the Russian passport;

- international passport;

- two color photographs of the correct size;

- a certificate from the place of work, where the position is indicated, the average monthly salary (which, by the way, should be no less than 12,000), the legal address of the company and telephones;

- a fax from the hotel about the booked room with the signature and stamp of the reservation service employee;

- medical insurance, the amount of services for which is at least 30,000 euros, which is valid in all countries of the Schengen agreement.

Pensioners, students and housewives will need to submit a statement of the sponsor who will pay for the trip, and attach to this statement an extract from the bank or a copy of the bank savings book, but if the pensioner has his own bank account, he can be his own sponsor and submit an extract from his account In the visa service.

4. All the necessary certificates and extracts we have, now we need a visa to Greece. The documents should be submitted to the Greek Embassy in Moscow, by signing up for an appointment by phone (available on the website) or to the Moscow or regional visa center of Greece. Such centers are open in St. Petersburg, Novorossiysk, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk. Submit documents to the regional centers is very convenient, however, you need to do it personally, or through a trustee. The working hours of the centers can be found on the site, here all the telephones for communication are given, and there is also an opportunity through the site to find out about the course of consideration of your questionnaire. There is also a very convenient service - the sending of a passport with a visa in place by mail to your home address. Visa registration services in regional centers cost 650 rubles.

So, a visa to Greece, independently designed, is undoubtedly troublesome, but worthwhile, because you get experience that makes it possible to make interesting trips, regardless of the proposals imposed by travel agencies, and the knowledge of a foreign language will be revealed to you by the whole world.