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    US Citizen, currently living in Russia with my husband while we await this long process.

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  1. P3ACHY
    I definitely recommend talking to a visa agency in Russia, just for information purposes at least when the time comes. Obviously they are providing a service and trying to sell you that service, but they know the trends and try to maximize success. And you can be up front with them about why you need the visa. They even told us to avoid booking with any Polish airlines, because they might refuse Russians or give them a hard time. Also here's a few helpful links https://schengen.news/eu-countries-granted-25-more-schengen-visas-to-russian-citizens-in-2024/ https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/statistics/russia/ Everything is fine, we are just waiting for our interview letter now.
  2. P3ACHY
    No they're not impossible to get. Several countries are still issuing Schengen visas to Russians, like France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Hungary. Your purpose should be some type of vacation or visit to the country for which you're applying for the visa. Technically this is considered "visa shopping," but it's not uncommon, and many tour agencies in Russia facilitate this to allow Russians to visit other EU countries besides the ones mentioned.
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  4. P3ACHY
    We emailed the Hungarian embassy in Russia. They told us they accept visa applications through VFS global and when we checked, they had appointments in a week, so they look to be the best bet. They also seem to issue visas the quickest (2-3 weeks). For first-time Schengen visa applicants, we were advised to request 15 days, as it's considered a realistic vacation timeframe and improves the chances of approval. However, if your wife has had multiple Schengen visas, you might be in luck to just apply now and you'll get a 6 month visa like Pirozhok did. Our plan was -- wait until the interview letter, then immediately "plan our Hungarian vacation" and schedule the visa appointment in Moscow, and also schedule the medical examination for the day before the visa appointment (so that we could finish that and then just surrender my husband's passport to the Hungarian embassy without worrying about getting the medical exam in time as well). @SpaceCat From what I understand, they only let you reschedule after you miss the interview, that's all I've seen anecdotally. However, we have had a change in our plans because NVC put us in Yerevan, Armenia instead of Warsaw... and I thought it was going to update after DQ, but they've kept us in Yerevan. I wish you luck, and let us know how it goes.
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  8. P3ACHY
    Congratulations! Safe travels back home!
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  10. P3ACHY
    We're also DQ'ed. March 18th! It took 8 days for our DQ after document submission. @Scalpel For us it took 5 days, February 26th approval, and welcome letter came on March 3rd.
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  13. P3ACHY
    There's a development on this thought. Russia and Belarus were included in the draft list for some visa restrictions or bans. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens with it. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html
  14. P3ACHY
    Thank you so much again Pirozhok! We're going to give it a shot I think!
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  16. P3ACHY
    Hi Lemon, thanks for replying. And how long did it take for NVC to send your application to Poland? We're at NVC now, and I'm just trying to get an idea of how long we are going to have to wait.
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  18. P3ACHY
    Thanks so much Pirozhok. We are also thinking Hungary might be the only option because appointments are more readily available. Did you provide her with a letter of sponsorship? Did she have to show some type of certificate of employment? My husband works remotely and can't show a Russian employment certificate, but he does have land in his name in Russia which I think could be sufficient.
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  20. P3ACHY
    It's been a bit quiet on this topic lately, and recent timelines aren't helpful since there aren't many of them in Warsaw within the last year. We found out today, that it's nearly impossible to get a Schengen visa in the short time span from NVC informing us of our interview date, and the actual interview date (usually about a month and a half). We spoke to a visa center today who said the absolute fastest it could take is about a month and three weeks to get the visa in hand to Spain (France is super backed up, the next appointment time at the consulate is early May, Hungary is super strict with their requirements, require the trip to be fully paid, and Italy takes 2-3 months). This also leaves almost no time for the medical exam. Another thing, my husband has never had a Schengen visa, so maximum he could probably get is a 30 day visa being a first time applier. This gives us a potential window of 30 days to just guess when his interview will be, try to get the visa for that time frame and hope for the best? What other options could there be. 🫠 I would be so thankful to hear anyone else's stories and timelines, especially recent ones.
  21. P3ACHY
    From what I understand, it takes maximum a month to get the visa after the visa appointment. Hey lemon pie, do you mind me asking, how long after NVC did it take to find out when your Warsaw interview was?
  22. P3ACHY
    We had the same problem. Make sure you have all your information prepared in a separate document so you can quickly input everything before being timed out. Or fudge it a little bit so you can save the page, and then go back and add or edit anything missing. Using a VPN also helped because the whole website would block us out. But switching locations with the VPN would let us get back in.
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  25. P3ACHY
    We got our approval. 🥳 PD: October 29, 2023 Approval: February 26, 2025 Vermont Service Center
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    For the NVC stage, which pages of the Russian military ID are needed for the military civil documents? Or is the whole 28 page ID required? I'm assuming we also need to have it translated into English. My husband didn't serve in the military, but he still has a military ID, which states he didn't serve, and all the other information. I thought maybe because of this, we wouldn't need to include it in the civil documents, but I'm curious to hear what others did or recommend.
  29. P3ACHY
    Do you mean single status for K-1 or single status to get married in Bulgaria? Because for CR-1, you only need divorce documents if she was married before....since for CR-1 you're not single. A lot of Russians do destination weddings in Turkey, the consulate in Istanbul would probably be the best bet.
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