For travel in Europe requires a Schengen visa. With traveling by car for its design there are some nuances. AT this article I will explain in detail how to get Schengen and what Documents for this must be prepared.
If you already have a Schengen, then make a travel route, Book hotels all the way there is no need. Enough purchase insurance: “green card” on your car and medical on family. After all, in addition to the driver’s license and to the passport only the insurance for the car according to Schengen is necessary for passing the border in his car.
If you did not have a Schengen, then the first query is especially important. on its design. First you need to decide in the visa center what country will you go to if you plan to go on tour in several European countries at once. In choosing guided Article 5 of the EC WC.
Article 5 of the EU Visa Code: Member State competent consider applying for a single visa and accept according to it the decision is:
Member State whose territory is the only travel destination;
if the trip includes several destinations, – Member State whose territory is the main site destination trip in terms of duration or purpose stay;
if the primary destination cannot be determined, – Member State, through the applicant’s external boundary the person intends to enter the territory Member States.
Simply put, choose a country that will give you a visa to maximum term. The first time can be a month, the second time – half a year or just a year. The more often you travel to Europe, the less will have to apply for a visa. And, for example, for 2 years You can make several autotourne and air travel. The cost of obtaining type C permits does not depend on their duration. actions. In all cases, you must pay a consular fee and need – a service charge.
We, for example, most often take an Italian visa, because more often just going there. They took Finnish, French – always without problems. The deadline for receiving everywhere about a week. And remember, if you have Italian visa, and you have not been there for 2 years and a couple of days, it does not matter. The main thing that in the passport during this time was a mark about crossing the border of any country of Schengen. For example, the Poles on border you say that you are going to Italy (Germany, France) to rest. AND no one will ever check with you where you really were, because There are no borders between 26 states of the Schengen zone. And the seal is set only at the entrance and exit from it.
Documents for a Schengen visa for traveling by car
Documents must be submitted to the visa application center selected for this. country. To get a Schengen visa yourself, you need prepare the documents listed below. They are for everyone family member separately. Visa is requested from the day you intend to cross the border and, accordingly, for the number of days your autotravel (including the day you cross the border back to Motherland).
Application form for a Schengen visa Application form must be downloaded at Visa Application Center, accurately fill in Latin capital Letters (on the model), print (4 pages) and sign.
Foreign passport A passport must not be valid less than 90 days after the end of the trip. Also needed availability of free pages in the passport. Passport attached copy of the photo page and copies of previously issued Schengen visas (usually in the last 3 years).
Internal passport You will need its original, and copies of the page with photo and page with registration. Some countries require a copy. all internal passport pages with a mark and stamps. For the child – a copy of the birth certificate.
Photos Almost every EU member state has its own rules regarding photographs so before be photographed, do not be lazy to learn about them on the visa website center.
Travel insurance Health insurance must be with coverage of 30,000 euros and act the entire stay on EU territory. It is better to take a family fare.
Certificate of employment or study Certificate of employment, in which indicates the position and monthly salary for the last half year is not always required. For example, in the visa application center of France or the Czech Republic, it is not required. In the certificate from the place of study indicated that the study place is reserved for the student during the trip. Private entrepreneurs are preparing a certificate of registration entrepreneurship (in some embassies also an extract from tax on income for 6 months). Pensioners prepare a certificate from pension fund on the amount of pension payments for 6 months and put a copy of the pension certificate. For the child is taken help from school.
A document confirming the availability of funds or bank statement, or a certificate of availability credit card funds, or travelers checks in your name with a receipt for the purchase of at least 40 euros per day stay (minimum amount per day depends on the country). If you took a certificate from the employer indicating the salary, then the bank statements are not needed.
In the package of documents for the child or spouse prepare sponsorship a letter in which one of the parents undertakes provide a child or spouse for the entire trip.
A copy of the certificate of registration of the car travelers, who are going to go to Europe by car instead of the traditional air tickets are applied to the package of documents for a Schengen visa a copy of the certificate of registration of the car.
A copy of the driver’s license Passengers put in your package documents copy of the rights of the person who will be behind driving a car during this journey.
A copy of the international insurance policy Green Card Polis Green The card is issued by an authorized insurer in Russia and exempts from the need for additional civil insurance responsibility in another state. Policy can be purchased for at least 15 days of travel (from 2400 rubles for cars car). According to the latest rules, insurance companies sell the Green Card policy no earlier than 30 days before the date insurance. All Consulates know this. Now I attach letter to the consulate in any form, they say green cards are issued no earlier than 30 days, so I don’t attach it, I promise purchase later.
Copies of hotel booking confirmations Hotels must be booked for each day of stay in the EU. Print a copy of the booking confirmation for each member of your crew and attach to each personal package documents.
Book hotels only with the possibility of free cancellation. Show the maximum days of stay in the country issuing the visa. After receiving it, you can cancel the reservation. Especially if you planning to spend the night in campgrounds.
Itinerary It replaces the avtotouristam air or train tickets. It is made in any form. Specify dates, countries and cities hotels The consulate is only interested in the period of your stay in eurozone, so where and how much will you be in Belarus do not write. Be sure to specify the date of crossing the border with the EU. Right away make a reservation, the data in the route list is usually different from real route. The main thing in it is to show that the maximum time you will spend in the country issuing the visa. After obtaining a visa, you can cancel hotel reservations and go wherever you want.
Each country may have its own requirements for the list and design documents. Consulates have the right to request any additional documents at their discretion. Until I had to deal with by others. If everyone is engaged in a timely manner, they will not be labor yourself to get a Schengen visa for traveling my car. And to dispel their doubts and travel fears – Read my article “How not to be afraid to travel.”
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