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Short Term Visa

Dear applicants you can see the EU Visa code here.

The Visa centre will not accept incomplete set of documents.

Dear applicants, please pay attention that in spite of your purpose of travel you should submit a proof of employment or school/university certificate. A proof of employment as well as school/university certificates should be in origin, with a stamp and signature of a responsible person. Besides a proof of employment should contain info about position and salary of an applicant. Please pay attention that info about salary in a proof of employment is not a proof of financial means.

Please pay attention that starting 20 May 2016 all applicants must have their own foreign passport. Documents of endorsed children won’t be accepted.

Please pay attention that you should write actual number of entries in the 24th point of the VAF as well as actual number of days (as per tickets) in the point 25.

Information for travel agencies

Dear Tour Operators/Travel Agencies,

kindly note that the Embassy of Portugal has suggested a revised set of documents which need to be submitted for your clients. This change comes into effect the 13 November 2017. The list of documents is as below:

  1. Application form
  2. Valid passport
  3. Photo
  4. Insurance
  5. Voucher from TA (with hotel\booking info)
  6. Tickets (booking)
  7. Finance

Additional documents (if applicable)

  1. Birth/wedding certificate
  2. Consent document for children, etc

However kindly note that the Embassy has a right to request any additional document over and above the documents mentioned above pertaining to the travel.

Information for individual applicants

List of some clarifications.

  1. All applicants should have hotel booking covering all days of trip (in some cases the booking should be confirmed) and airline tickets, in some cases purchased:

    1. for all third-country nationals;
    2. for Russian nationals if the trip is more than 35 days;
    3. for business trip if it takes less than 5 working days;
    4. for tourists whose journey consists of 2 or more subsequent countries of destination.

    In the case of visiting several Schengen countries in one trip it is necessary to provide tickets and hotel reservations in each country of a trip. If you are unable to provide tickets, for example, if you plan to travel by train and can buy a ticket no earlier than in 45 days, thus you apply in 50 days before a trip you must provide a detailed plan of travel in all countries.

  2. Proof of financial means must satisfy the 75 euros for the first day and 40 euros seq.

    If an applicant works he should submit a proof of employment and a bank statement. If an applicant does not work or proof of employment doesn't specify earnings a bank statement should be submitted (excluding cases with sponsorship).

    Please pay attention that certificates of currency exchange cannot be considered as a proof of financial means.

  3. All third-country nationals should have proof of legal residence in the Russian Federation, strictly valid at least 90 days after the return from the Schengen area. Applicants should provide original and a copy of the mentioned documents. An officer in the Visa centre will check the original document and give back to an applicant.

    Documents' submission is possible with the temporal proof plus patent as well as with monthly bills paid for patent + 3 paid months before the date of trip.

  4. If the applicant has two valid passports he should provide both. In case he needs one of them until a decision on the visa the applicant may pick it up notifying Visa Application Centre in person or by email to infomos.ptru@vfshelpline.com. There will be a stamp of the Consulate department notifying about a second passport.

  5. The valid visa / visa cancellation.

    1. An applicant may submit documents with a valid visa but the next visa will be only delivered once the term of the previous one is over.
    2. In case the valid period of the visa remains valid but the number of unused days is small (excluding long stay of 90 days and the possible extension of a valid visa on the territory of Portugal) the visa may be canceled.
    3. The Embassy reserves the right to make any decision on cancellation or renewal of visas according to the situation.
  6. Those applicants who travel in the Schengen area on a rented car should submit a document confirming car booking and a copy of the driving license. If an applicant travels on a personal car he should submit a copy of the driving license, Green Card and a copy of the vehicle registration.

  7. If an accompanying person of a group trip has a valid visa, an applicant should also provide: a copy of the bio page of the foreign passport, a copy of a valid visa, a confirmed ticket.

    If an applicant is going to travel alone but there are 2 persons in the hotel booking, he should provide a copy of a valid visa of an accompanying person, a scan of his foreign passport and a ticket. If the applicant booked a double room in the hotel but claims that he will be alone in the room he should attach a written explanation of that.

  8. Termo de responsabilidade that was printed on several pages should contain a signature of an inviting person on every page.
  9. It’s forbidden to change any info in pdf file of an application form that was filled on the website http://www.secomunidades.pt/
  10. In case the Consulate asks for additional documents the date of visa issuance changes. An applicant should start to count 5 working days from the next working day from the date he provided the document needed to the Visa centre directly or by e-mail.
  11. It necessary to submit copies of all pages of internal passport of a parent who provided a consent for a child.
  12. All individual applicants who booked hotels/apartments with the help of any travel agency must provide a confirmation from the hotel itself.
  13. All applicants with complicated travel/route (camping tourists in particular) must provide a proof of accommodation along the entire route.
  14. Parents of minors must sign a consent certificate of the parental authority on a concrete person. “Unaccompanied” consent certificates won’t be accepted.