Registration of a visa to Greece

Greece is a country of unique culture and amazing sights, so many people are eager to visit it. But before the journey begins, one important step is to be taken: obtaining a visa to Greece. Greece belongs to the category of countries that signed the Schengen Agreement , therefore, with the issuance of a visa to Greece, the borders of other European countries are opened.

Visa to Greece 2013 - Required Documents

I must say that the list of documents can vary according to the type of visa that you open - a one-time, multi-visa, tourist or business visa, but basically it looks like this:

1. Questionnaire.
2. Two color photographs in 3x4cm or 3.5x4.5cm format.
3. Passport , valid for 90 days after the end of the trip. The owner of a new passport must attach copies of his informative pages.
4. Copies of the first page of the passport and visas of the Schengen zone, already noted in it.
5. Photocopies of the internal passport (all completed pages).
6. The certificate from the place of work, written out within the last 30 days, indicating the position, term of work in this institution and salary. Nonworking applicants must separately provide a statement from the person sponsoring the trip (close relative) and a certificate of his income or information about the funds in the bank account. In addition to the application, a copy of the identity card of the sponsoring person and a copy of the documents attesting to the kinship should be attached. Non-working students and pensioners must attach a copy of the certificates (student and pension, respectively).
7. If children participate in the trip without a separate passport, they must be inscribed in the parents' passport and each child must be provided with 2 photographs of the above format.
8. If you decide not to use the services of a travel agency, and wondered how to apply for a visa to Greece on your own, you will have to take care of additional items in the list of documents: medical insurance (valid in all Schengen countries and insurance amount of 30,000 euros) and the availability of a fax from the Greek hotel, confirming the reservation of the place.

Terms and Costs

The minimum period for issuing a visa to Greece is 48 hours, usually 3 days or more. To call the total time, how many it is necessary to make a visa to Greece, is quite difficult, since collecting documents, processing statements and certificates requires more than one day. This only says that you need to plan a trip with a time reserve. The cost of issuing any visa to Greece is 35 euros.

The validity of the visa to Greece depends on the specific type of visa. If it is a question of a single visa, then it is opened for a certain period, corresponding to the reservation in the hotel or invitation - up to 90 days. Multivies are issued for a period of six months or a year, but with a limited stay in Greece - no more than 90 days in six months. Transit visas for Schengen are issued for a period, depending on the timing of the reservation in the hotel. In a multiple transit visa, the term of the aggregate stay in the country is designated - up to six months.

Possible reasons for denying a visa

• wrong paperwork, contradictory information in them or deliberately false, will undoubtedly lead to a refusal of a visa to Greece;
• a bad visa history, not necessarily associated with Greece;
• financial factor - whether it is low wages or the lack of sufficient property.

In any case, these factors are not a guarantee of failure to the competitor, just be attentive to the details.