What documents are needed to travel to Estonia?
What documents are needed to travel to Estonia?
For a trip to Estonia, Russian citizensyou will need a Schengen visa. You can register it directly in the Estonian consulate, or you can also with any other state that signed the Schengen agreement. For a tourist visit a category C visa is issued. To make a visa to Estonia, prepare the following documents.
Instructions
1
Foreign passport, which will be validthree months after the visa you have requested ends. To paste it, in the passport must be at least two free pages. The first page, on which the personal data of the traveler is indicated, must be photocopied. If you were already in the Schengen countries, but your previous visas remained in the old passport, you can attach it to documents: this increases the chance to get a visa, and also speaks in favor of increasing its validity.
2
Application form for a visa. If you are traveling on a business trip or for tourist purposes, it is filled in on the website of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Latin letters. After you finish filling it, print all 4 resulting pages. You can also fill out the form and by hand, for this you will receive a form in the Estonian Consulate or download on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country. To the questionnaire you need to attach one color photograph 4 x 5 cm in size, made on a light background.
3
Confirmation of the objectives of the trip, assuit hotel reservations. Be attentive, Estonia requires faxes directly from hotels or printout of brochures, but only from hotels, and not from booking sites. You can attach a voucher from the travel company, signed by the manager and stamped by the company. You can also attach a detailed description of the route. If you are planning a private visit, you will need an invitation from the host and a copy of his identity card.
4
Tickets to and from the country. You can attach tickets not to Estonia itself, but to another Schengen country if you have a difficult route. The visa of Estonia is issued on the basis of not that you enter through this country, but the fact that you are going to stay on its territory most of the time from all your itinerary. If you are driving a car, you need to provide a route, as well as a copy of the technical passport, driver's license and insurance for the car.
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A certificate from the bank confirming the availability of fundson the journey. So there should be an amount of at least 56 euros per person for every day of stay in Schengen. Travelers checks are also accepted for consideration.
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If you can not pay for your tripindependently, you need to attach a certificate from the bank from the nearest relative, a sponsorship letter from him, a certificate from the work and a copy of the first page of his passport.
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Health insurance policy, original and copy. Insurance must operate throughout the Schengen area, and the amount of coverage must be at least 30 thousand euros.
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Passport of Russia and a copy of all pages containing information, it is very important to show a spread with a residence permit or registration.
