Where Russians will get a Schengen visa - media

Rossiyskaya Gazeta found out which EU countries will issue Schengen visas to Russians with restrictions and which will be loyal. According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), they accept documents for a Schengen visa for tourist trips: Austria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Portugal.

For most of them, the associations are advised to submit documents at least a month before the planned trip. At the same time, it is noted that there are directions where a visa can be issued two weeks after the submission of documents.

According to ATOR, Hungary is the most loyal to the Russians. This country is one of the few in the EU where tour operators accredited at the consulate have an advantage in the form of their quota.

At the same time, France is the only destination where bots for automatic registration in the visa application center are most actively used today. Earlier, it was reported that bots seriously complicated the process of obtaining visas to the EU and the US by Russians. With their help, scammers reserve all free slots for entry documents, repeating the search task every minute, making it difficult to register on your own. And then they sell places in the queue for 4 thousand to 7.5 thousand rubles.