According to last year’s results, Italy was the country that issued the most Schengen visas to Russian citizens. Russians approved 134.3 thousand, writes RBC.
According to the publication, Italy became the leader among EU countries in Schengen visas issued in 2023 – 134.3 thousand visas were issued to Russians there. France ranked second with 99.6 thousand visas, while Spain (96.8 thousand visas) ranked third.
According to the European Commission, citizens of the Russian Federation applied for a total of 520 thousand Schengen applications in 2023. At the same time, in 10.6% of rejected cases, the reason was financial.
Some time ago the Russian Association of Tour Operators said where you can do it on time Apply for a Schengen visa at old prices. Before the prices of Schengen visas increase (June 11), you still have time to submit your documents to visa centers in three countries: Italy, Hungary and Greece. There are still vacancies available at the Hungarian embassy in Moscow even this week.
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