How to get Schengen tourist visa from Ukraine
Any foreigner or stateless person who has a valid residence permit in Ukraine or who was recognized as a refugee or a person in need for complementary protection has a right to apply for a visa to another country from Ukraine, i.e. European Union. Diplomatic missions have different visa policy.
Which documents required for a tourist visa to Schengen countries?
Most of embassies and consulates admit the basic package of documents: valid national passport for at least 6 months, tourist voucher or self-booked evidence of planned trip, medical insurance, proof of sufficient finances, confirmation of legal status in Ukraine, visa application form, photos.
How to apply for Schengen visa from Ukraine
If you decide to get the visa on your own you might have a number of difficulties.
The Schengen zone was created in order to ensure the movement of people across the Schengen countries. A Schengen visa in any of the countries entering the zone of the Schengen gives a right to visit any of EU countries. The only condition is that the country that issued you the Schengen visa must be the first country of entry.
Regardless of the way you go, the cost of obtaining a visa will carry a number of compulsory payments: visa fees, consular fees, medical insurance, photo production. Today, there are two options for obtaining a visa:
– independently apply for visa: collect the documents, pay all fees, make an appointment;
– apply through the visa center.
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Schengen visa application form
The visa application form, correctly filled in with the Latin alphabet, is signed exclusively by the applicant, with the photo inserted fully responding to all the basic rules. For children under the age of majority, the application form is filled in and submitted by one of two parents (or guardian). A separate questionnaire is prepared separately when the child is inscribed on the passport of the relative (or guardian), where the visa is also stuck in addition.
Photos
Two color photographs.
Passport
Personally signed, passport, owner, who meets all of the following requirements:
– the validity of the document is longer for 90 days, from a planned trip through the territory of Europe;
– the document is not older than 10 years old, has at least 2 clean pages (if the child is additionally served, additionally 2 more pages are free);
– if there are several passports, their original and all copies of the pages are attached to the questionnaire and all the documents for the visa. In case of cancellation of the previous document, produce certificates from the passport office or make notes in the national passport of the State Administration;
– provide copies of previous visas, marks on their use, for the last 3 years of the year, as well as pages where the marks are made.
– are served together with the 1st page of the passport.
Non-citizens of Ukraine, must file: a document certifying legal residence in Ukraine with a valid term exceeding 3 months after the visa expires.
It can be a temporary or permanent residence permit, refugee certificate or a certificate of a person in need for complementary (subsidiary) protection. It is worth mentioning that for refugees in Ukraine it is possible to apply for a visa only to a limited list of countries because not all counties admit refugee documents.
Internal, national passport
The original, all copies of the pages, where there are any notes. The case of changing the name, during the first month such a document is changed to a new one.
European insurance
Insurance vouchers for medical coverage must fully comply with European standards:
– operate within the European Schengen Department or have coverage in all countries of the world, reimbursement equivalent – 30 thousand euros;
– all the completed data, not excluding each letter, a person in a medical insurance policy, must necessarily be reliable, without errors;
– the case of a single visit to the country, the term of insurance policies should exceed 15 days of the Schengen visa validity period and cover the entire period of the trip;
– in the case of issuing long-term visas is valid for the period of the first targeted trip;
– the insurance policies themselves are provided in the original form and a copied receipt (cash receipt), which carries information about: the number of the medical insurance policy and the personal data of the applicant);
– only an adult can be an insurance policy holder. The insurants for children are one of two parents, possibly – registered guardians;
– the policy itself must comply with the European standards and sound like: Medical, guaranteed insurance is carried out within the framework of the “Decision of the Council of the European Union from 2004 / 17EG on medical guaranteed insurance of tourists abroad”.
Clarifying documents for the issuance of visa for children
Minors of Ukraine, in addition, prepare the following list of documents:
– civil certificate issued at birth;
– in accompanying invitations or confirmations of hotel booking, the names of all accompanying persons are indicated;
– copied from the parents’ passports pages;
– permission to leave Ukraine to the child signed by the next of kin, notarized (even with a joint trip of parents with the child).
The case, the child is accompanied by a distant relative, in the notarially-authorized permit the personal data of the person are indicated. It is necessary to provide complete information about the third person: acting visas, copied the main pages of all passports.
In the permit, clearly indicate the dates (from and to) the validity of the document, the host country.
A minor tourist, inscribed in the document of one of the two parents, is applied for visas only with that relative. Additional permission from this parent is not required.
The case, the child has only one of the parents, additionally submit official documents certifying the sole custody.
Confirmation of employment in Ukraine
Employees submit: references with the specified personal data, the date of commencement of employment, the position held, the salary with interpretation for the last six months. Information from the place of work is of an official nature: on the company letterhead of the organization, signed by the issuer.
Individuals – private entrepreneurs, submit one document to choose from, listed (in original form and copy):
registration extract from the USREA;
license documents;
a declaration from the tax service of Ukraine, issued and certified by the body of STSU, for a period not exceeding 3 months.
Citizens who are temporarily not employed, submit a document to choose from one of the following:
information from your bank about the savings funds on the settlement account, with the decryption of their movement on the account, it is enough for the last 3 months of the month;
possibly, present the original and a copy of the travel “travel” checks (with a cash receipt for their purchase);
the applicant’s declaration of financial status was personally written.
Pensioners file the following: a pensioner’s certificate, extracts from the PFC on the receipt of funds for the last six months.
Children at school and students
All students are provided with one of the following documents:
the specified period, when a student or student is free of lectures, is issued by institutions of all categories of accreditation;
certificates from the school, not denying the absence of the listener in a certain period.
In some cases, confirmation is given by documents certifying the proprietary rights of a person to immovable or movable property, for persons crossing the border for the first time, the filing of the last tax return is provided.
Confirmation of financial security
Sponsoring – when sponsors are close relatives. A letter is sent about the intention of sponsoring, the status and the balance of monetary resources with the movement on the settlement account. Additionally, documents about the family relationship of the sponsor are submitted.
Personal financial independence
If you have your own money savings, in order to prove your financial solvency, for the registration of Schengen visas, one of the following documents is provided:
– an extract from a commercial bank, with the decoding of the movement of own money on the settlement account, for the last 90 days;
– travel-checks are submitted in original form and copies from all sides, with a cash document of purchase.
Confirmation of the purpose of the trip
Individually, each country makes a decision, depending on the type of visa, and introduces its requirements for the number, type, and list of documents.
Act promptly and reach out to an attorney for enhanced assistance and services. Schedule a consultation without delay.
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