How to sign up to apply?
The Greek Visa Application Center in Moscow accepts visitors by appointment only.
Before choosing a convenient date and time, you will have to create an account on the website ru-gr.gvcworld.eu, owned by GVCW. A visa application is also created on the website. After filling it out, it is important to save it, print it and bring it with you to the CC along with a package of documents.
The online appointment registration service is designed for individual travelers or families. To register a group of 10 or more people, you need to call directly the call center of the visa center.
What documents does the Greece Visa Application Center require?
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the list of necessary documentation for a “visa to Greece” for citizens of the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan here.
- Insurance for travel abroad.
Medical insurance for traveling abroad is necessary to cover expenses in the event of the need for emergency medical care, hospitalization, and in exceptional cases, repatriation. The minimum amount that must be covered by insurance is 30 thousand euros. For a single Schengen visa, the insurance policy is valid throughout the entire territory of the zone, in other cases - in the country (countries) of temporary stay.
The Greek visa center accredited at the Greek Embassy in Moscow informs!
Please pay attention to the following circumstance:
- The consulate has the right to invite the applicant to provide additional documentation or other information, and, if necessary, conduct an interview with him and delay the consideration of the application for up to 30 working days.
Another important nuance: when receiving your passport back, carefully review the visa sticker to identify possible errors. If any are found, you should immediately notify the Consulate employees about this, otherwise it cannot bear any responsibility for possible misunderstandings that may arise during the trip.
You can find other useful information here. The Greece Visa Application Center resource provides step-by-step actions that need to be taken if you are planning trips to Schengen countries.
How much do the services of the Greek CC cost?
Queues at the Greek visa center in Moscow
In addition to the standard visa fee of 35 €, which goes to Greek diplomats, you also need to pay a visa center fee. For GVCW it is 1,400 rubles per application.
At the GVCW CC you can order for an additional fee:
- personal assistant for 40 euros per application or 100 euros for a family of 4 people;
- SMS notification for 150 rubles. from your passport;
- photocopying for 20 rubles. page;
- assistance in filling out the form for 300 rubles.
Unlike the VFS.GLOBAL VC, which accepts Schengen documents for many European countries, the GVCW VC does not have an insurance registration service. So it is important to insure yourself in advance.
The specialized Cherehapa service allows you to apply for insurance online. Comparison of insurance conditions in the largest companies.
Submitting an application to the Greece Visa Application Center
Applying for a visa to the Greece Visa Application Center is limited in time. It must be submitted at least 15 days in advance for standard review and no earlier than 3 months before the planned visit. You can also apply for an urgent visa to Greece. About the procedure for pre-registration online for a visa to Greece yourself through the official Greek visa center.
Clergy planning to visit Holy Mount Athos are encouraged to apply for a visa no later than a month before travel.
To make a decision on the approval of a Greek visa, with rare exceptions, 15 calendar days are required. An extension of this period is possible two, and in exceptional cases even four times, of which the applicant is warned. If the application is accepted for consideration, the applicant is informed about this.
How to prepare documents correctly?
When applying, the Greek Visa Center requires the applicant to have the following documents:
- A visa application form filled out in the prescribed manner in Latin. A sample of the completed application form can be found here.
- A passport containing at least two blank pages. Moreover, according to the EU Regulation of June 26, 2013, it must be issued no earlier than 10 years ago and be valid for at least three months after returning from travel. If the trips are of a mass nature, this date becomes the day of the last stay. Another important detail: the international passport must not only be current, but also be issued in the current surname of its owner. First of all, this applies to representatives of the fair sex who changed their last name after marriage.
- 1 photo, made in accordance with the requirements of ICAO standards.
Fingerprints for a Schengen visa! Fingerprint data will be required if the traveler has not registered them in VIS over the past 59 months.
- If a minor is also participating in the trip, their birth certificate must also be presented. If the child is accompanied by one of the parents, the consent of the other will be required. The same applies if a boy or girl travels with third parties.
Required documents and visa for Greece
For IP employees:— A copy of the certificate of registration with the tax authorities — A copy of the certificate of inclusion in the unified state. register - Certificate of income from the tax authorities or a copy of the tax return for the last quarter - If you have your own seal - a certificate from your place of work
For non-employees: - Sponsorship application - Certificate from the place of work of the person sponsoring the trip - Document confirming the degree of relationship (marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc.) - Copy of the first page of the internal Russian passport of the person sponsoring the trip.
For pensioners: - Copy of pension certificate - Bank account statement with the indicated amount in the account of at least 30,000 rubles. made no later than 28 days at the time of submitting documents for visas or: - a sponsorship application in free handwritten form from close relatives - a certificate from the place of work of the person sponsoring the trip - a document confirming the degree of relationship (marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc., ) - a copy of the first page of the internal Russian passport of the person sponsoring the trip.
For children under 18 years of age: - Certificate from the place of study - Sponsorship application - Certificate from the place of work of the person sponsoring the trip - Copies of all pages with personal data of the parents’ internal Russian passports - Copy of the birth certificate - Consent for the departure of a minor child MUST be from BOTH parents (even if both parents are traveling). In the event of the death of one of the parents, it is necessary to submit a death certificate of the second parent or a court decision transferring the right of parental custody. The consent must MUST be no older than 01/01/2021, indicating all countries of the Schengen Agreement. Please note that the Greek Civil Code always issues single-entry visas with a 15-day corridor, respectively, if the consent is only for a trip, this 15-day corridor must be added to it (For example, a trip from 04/14/2021 to 04/20/2021 means the consent must be issued from 04/14/2021 .2021 to 05/05/2021). Important! To confirm sole parental rights, it is necessary to provide a certificate from the registry office (form No. 25) stating that the entry about the father was made “according to the mother,” or a court decision on deprivation of parental rights, or a parent’s death certificate. If the whereabouts of one of the child's parents is unknown, then only a police certificate is not enough. It is necessary to provide court permission for the child to leave.
When issuing a notarized power of attorney for a child, ask the employees of the Notary's office to indicate the travel dates both in numbers and in words.
If a child is traveling with one of the parents, and there is no consent for departure from the other parent, but there is, for example, a certificate from the police that the whereabouts of the parent are unknown, this is not enough. It is necessary to strongly recommend that the applicant obtain consent (if at all possible) or a court decision on deprivation of parental rights and re-apply.
If the applicant insists on submitting as is, we accept the documents, but we warn that the Consulate will require the same certificates, and it is also likely that the visa document sets will be returned without consideration. For students (over 18 years old):
— Certificate from the place of study — Sponsorship application — Certificate from the place of work of the person sponsoring the trip — Document confirming the degree of relationship (birth certificate, etc.) — A copy of the first page of the internal Russian passport of the person sponsoring the trip.
Registration of any visas to Greece
By contacting the visa center for help in opening a Schengen visa to Greece, you will be able to obtain any type of visa in a minimum period of time (in just 5 working days, even in the summer, when everyone is eager to go on vacation and embassies are busy to the limit) - as if you have invitation, or without it.
The RUSSIA Visa Center processes:
- from tourist to business visas;
- visas based on documents on ownership of real estate in Greece;
- private (guest), as well as visas by invitation to study.
How to apply
Registration for a visa in Moscow is carried out not only at the Consulate, as described earlier, but also on the website of the Greek visa center. The application itself, user registration and filling out the form is the submission of an application for permission to enter the country. After creating an account here you need to go to the service. There you fill out a form that says:
- own name;
- place of birth and citizenship;
- registration address;
- information about the international passport;
- Family status;
- occupation, place of work;
- purpose of the trip;
- length of stay in Greece.
Sample of filling out the questionnaire
Actually, filling out the questionnaire means putting “ticks” in the right places. Only some information is written in Latin letters. The completed and registered (that is, with an identification number) application must be printed and then submitted along with other documents.
Cost of services
Obtaining a visa to Greece is accompanied by payment of a consular fee in the amount of 35 euros. The Visa Application Center charges a service fee for processing applications. Its size is 20 euros.
Note! Payment of fees is made only in Russian currency with conversion at the internal rate of the Greek Embassy in Moscow. You can find out the exact amount of fees in Russian rubles on the visa center website or by calling the help desk.
Children under 12 years of age are exempt from paying the visa fee (35 euros), and children under 6 years of age are exempt from paying the service fee (20 euros).
How to submit documents in Moscow?
Greece Visa Center in Moscow is located at: Moscow, st. Mytnaya, 66 (metro station Tulskaya).
Make an appointment by calling the call center from 9.00 to 18.00 (except weekends and holidays).
The telephone operator asks for the foreign passport numbers of all travel participants and contact information (phone + email). You should have a pen at hand; they will tell you the queue reservation number for each person. Then you will receive it by email. mail a letter with the coordinates of the reservation. It should be printed, although it was not needed on site.
You can select any date of the current month. We were offered to come literally the next day; the time difference was also large.
Reception of documents: 9.00 – 16.00 except Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
The operator offered many paid services: filling out an application form, taking photos, photocopying, on-site biometrics, and full support from a visa center employee. You can ask questions, they answer willingly, but they don’t have all the information.
