The Italian consulate was not pleased with the timing of the Schengen clearance for a tourist from Russia. It took her almost 3 months to get a visa. The woman submitted documents to the visa application center in Moscow at the end of April. Her first plans were quite optimistic – already on May 20 she planned to fly to Europe. However, closer to these dates, she received a call and was asked to rebook the trip for the second half of June.
After the dates were independently announced on the other side of the tube, there was no doubt that this time the visa would be in hand in due time. In vain. When the x-hour came, the tourist did not have Schengen again. And there were no new calls or letters from the diplomatic mission either. The trip did not take place a second time.
It was not possible to clarify the situation in any way. The tourist had to show remarkable patience in the next month. However, last Friday, on the 86th day of waiting, Schengen still came to her: “This is just crazy. I’ve been waiting since April 25th. And I was given only one entry for 20 days. This is the fifth Schengen in the passport, I did it through a trusted agency and such a result …” the tourist laments on social networks.
Earlier TourDom.ru He wrote that the Italian visa application center admitted to tourists that it could not handle the paperwork within the promised 45 days.
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