Russian citizens applying for Schengen visa outside of Russia?

[DK999 14]

Hello all, our I-130 has been under review for 5 months, and we want to get prepared for the next step in the process. We are anticipating that our interview will be in Warsaw because my wife is Russian. However, we don't live in Russia. We were visiting before the war and left shortly after it started. Now we are traveling around and will be in the Balkans for the next several months.

 

So, my question is, can she apply for a Schengen visa outside of Russia? My brief googling indicates that technically she can, but I wanted to ask if anyone here has had success with this. Either way, we're still going to visit the Greek embassy in Belgrade and possibly Sarajevo and ask in person. 

[To_the_moon 94]

5 hours ago, DK999 said:

Hello all, our I-130 has been under review for 5 months, and we want to get prepared for the next step in the process. We are anticipating that our interview will be in Warsaw because my wife is Russian. However, we don't live in Russia. We were visiting before the war and left shortly after it started. Now we are traveling around and will be in the Balkans for the next several months.

 

So, my question is, can she apply for a Schengen visa outside of Russia? My brief googling indicates that technically she can, but I wanted to ask if anyone here has had success with this. Either way, we're still going to visit the Greek embassy in Belgrade and possibly Sarajevo and ask in person. 

Usually you need to have a residence status in a country you are trying to apply for a visa (unless your country has a designated embassy somewhere else). But there were some instances on this forum when people obtained their visas outside their home country. So it is on a case by case basis. Better ask specific embassies if they would accept your application. 

Edited May 19, 2022 by To_the_moon

[miller_Kay 5]

On 5/19/2022 at 8:40 PM, DK999 said:

Hello all, our I-130 has been under review for 5 months, and we want to get prepared for the next step in the process. We are anticipating that our interview will be in Warsaw because my wife is Russian. However, we don't live in Russia. We were visiting before the war and left shortly after it started. Now we are traveling around and will be in the Balkans for the next several months.

 

So, my question is, can she apply for a Schengen visa outside of Russia? My brief googling indicates that technically she can, but I wanted to ask if anyone here has had success with this. Either way, we're still going to visit the Greek embassy in Belgrade and possibly Sarajevo and ask in person. 

Did you have any success? 

[DK999 14]

On 8/11/2022 at 5:16 PM, miller_Kay said:

Did you have any success? 

Hi, sorry but we never ended up trying. Just going to wait and see what the NVC says when we get to that step. 

[To_the_moon 94]

On 8/13/2022 at 12:27 PM, DK999 said:

Hi, sorry but we never ended up trying. Just going to wait and see what the NVC says when we get to that step. 

Are you still waiting for your interview date? 😢