Application for a visa to Spain: how to fill out

The application for a visa to Spain is an official application for a permit to enter and stay in the country. It is submitted to the Consulate together with other documents. Since this country is part of the Schengen Union, the questionnaire itself is typical, the same as for the other participating countries. Visas are short-term, i.e. Schengen type, providing for the possibility of staying in the country for up to 90 days, and long-term, i.e. National. There is also a filling of the visa application form for Spain, based on the planned dates of stay. Applicants need to take into account that it is possible to obtain the application form for a Schengen visa in any official representative office or regional Visa Center, and the application for a national visa can only be submitted to the Consulate General.

Application for a visa to Spain for a short stay

To visit relatives or travel for tourist purposes, you must fill out a Schengen visa application form. The form is issued free of charge for every person, and a questionnaire for children is also required. The application for a visa to Spain is filled with a choice in one of the three languages that the applicant owns. This is Spanish, French or English. Those who do not speak foreign languages or know them not at the proper level can fill out a special questionnaire, provided with a Russian translation.

Visa application form for Spain for long term

In order to have the possibility of a long stay in the country (for more than 90 days), it is necessary to have a national visa on hand. This form should be completed only in English or Spanish. According to the requirements, the visa application form for Spain is filled in block letters only. In those points where there is a choice, a "tick" or "cross" is displayed.
Citizens born in the days of the Soviet Union, write in the column "place of birth" is not RUSSIA, and the USSR. It is important not to leave blank counts, and if any question does not apply to you, write "no."

A national visa is needed for those citizens who are going to study, work or study in Spain . Also this type of visa is issued for the reunification of families and as the first document of residence for migrants.

It should also be taken into account that the photographs attached to the questionnaire should also meet a number of requirements. Having the Schengen visa on hand, it is possible to move absolutely freely not only across Spain but through the territory of the member countries such as Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Sweden and other countries Schengen.

What other documents are needed?

Together with the completed questionnaire, it is necessary to provide the following:
• a valid foreign passport;
• A copy of the civil passport of the Russian Federation;
• 2 photos size 3.5 by 4.5 cm with the image of a man in full face on a white background;
• certificate from the place of work;
• Help from the bank.

Registration of all permits can be made independently, and you can apply to special offices that correctly fill out not only the form itself, but will also hand over all the documents for you.