In vain among many of our citizens, it is widely believed that obtaining a visa to this country on your own is very difficult. Contact the Swiss Visa Application Center and this will be resolved. With minimal effort on your part.
It is generally simple to obtain a single entry visa; you do not need to resort to the help of either travel agencies or other intermediaries. And if you have a full package of documents for each trip, then you can count on getting a multiple Swiss (Schengen) visa.
In principle, each person can collect all the necessary documents, make an appointment through the call center at the visa department of the Swiss embassy, arrive there at the appointed time, submit the documents, pay for the services, and then arrive at the embassy again in the indicated time, wait in line and receive passport with visa.
But if you value your time and wish to avoid numerous mistakes, act as advised by the Swiss Embassy in Russia. They recommend contacting the Swiss Visa Application Center in Moscow, which is located at 23-2, Podsosensky Lane, Moscow, 105062. The visa center operator is VFS Global.
The mechanism of action of the applicant for a visa is as follows. Choose the category of visa, which depends on the purpose of the trip, fill out the application form and collect all the documents necessary for the embassy. After that, by phone or on the website you make an appointment with the Swiss Visa Application Center. You can come without an appointment, but then there is a chance that you will spend a lot of time standing in line. Hand in your passport, application, your photos and other supporting documents. Pay in cash visa, service and option fees, receive receipts.
On the VFS Global website, you can track the status of your visa application.
You can pick up your passport with a valid visa here, in the visa center or, paying in advance, order delivery of the passport by courier.
Cost of services: for citizens of Russia the visa fee is 35 euros, you also need to pay the service fee of the center - 23 euros.
When contacting the Swiss Visa Application Center, do not forget about the minimum package of documents that must be provided for the embassy.
This is a passport and its copy, application form, photos of the Schengen model, medical insurance, confirmation of hotel reservation or apartment rental, a certificate from your place of work and financial documents, for example, a bank statement.
Also, copies of correctly used previously Schengen visas and copies of electronic tickets will not be superfluous.
The center staff will always advise you and advise you on what documents you still need to bring or redo / correct. And you need to be prepared for the fact that the consul himself wants to talk with you and invites you to an interview.
After receiving information that the visa is ready, go to the visa center. Switzerland is waiting for you, you can start packing.
You can find out the contact information of the Swiss Visa Application Center in Moscow, including its email address and phone number, on the website. Calls will be answered from 9:00 to 18:00 from Monday to Friday.
When contacting the Swiss Visa Application Center, remember the Russian and Swiss holidays. That is, try to hand over the documents in advance, with a margin, so that later you do not have problems.