Belarus Mother inlaw wants to visit?

[Ron-Tanya 23]

My mother inlaw wants to visit in Dec-Feb. We have heard that she can use any of 3 embassies Warsaw, Keiv, Moscow? We also heard that Keiv is not the place to go as it gives many denials, Moscow is the farthest away from her home and Warsaw is not good as she only speaks Russian.

Also how long does the proscess take. She is retired and 62 yrs old so she can not go to Minsk. She does have ties to Belarus, a husband, daughter and grand children, flat and dasha.

If you are from Belarus and have info please pass it along.

Thanks, Ron

[SMR 368]

I'm confused. Why can't she go to Minsk? Or do you mean that she can't get the visa in Minsk?

[Ron-Tanya 23]

SMR, thanks for reading. Minsk only handle a few typyes of Visa'a because they only have 5 staff there. If Mother inlaw was 70 yrs or older they would do it in Minsk. But she is younger and must travel to another country and we would like to know which is the easiest?

Ron

[SMR 368]

I'm not from Belarus, but I hadn't heard that Kiev had more denials that Moscow. If you don't like Warsaw because of language issues, I'd say Kiev is a better bet if the travel is easier.

These types of questions will get quite anecdotal. My MiL got her visa in St. Petersburg quite easily. That was 4 years ago. She has renewed it twice and hasn't had to do an interview either time. She has a strong history of international travel to Schengen, UK, and now the US. If you feel you've got a strong case, I would just go to wherever the travel is easiest, which is seems is Kiev, right?

[vbtwo 54]

If she can prove ties, they would probably approve her anywhere, so just go to wherever is easiest.

If doing it in Kiev, keep in mind that you have to pay the fee in advance before you can schedule an appointment and you can only do this in person at any branch of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, so she would need to go to Ukraine to pay even before scheduling the interview unless you have someone in Ukraine who can pay for you and send you the receipt number.

Schedule an appointment online, and then they will either approve or deny that same day after the interview. If approved, she would need to stay in Kiev for a few days to receive the passport back at the nearest TNT office.

I don't know what the procedure is in Moscow.

[Ron-Tanya 23]

Thanks everyone for the info, but still hope to hear from someone from Belarus. We have time to do this and we are sure it will work out in the end.

Ron