Greek visa

Since Greece is a member of the group of countries that signed the Schengen Agreement, you can visit this country if you have a Schengen visa to visit other European countries located in the Schengen area. As well as the Greek visa gives the right to visit any country located on this territory.

Before applying for a visa to Greece, you need to take a certificate confirming your solvency. That is, a Greek visa is not available to every citizen.

Schengen visa for Greece is issued if the following documents are available:

1. Passports with a period of validity of at least three months after the end of the planned trip.
2. Copies of the page of the passport with the data and a copy of all visas present in it.
3. Copies of internal passport pages with significant marks.
4. Information from the place of work, signed and stamped by the head.
5. Two color photos.
6. Completed questionnaire.
7. Extracts from the bank account, which confirms the availability of the required amount of money to stay in the country.

Tourist visa to Greece is issued by the tour operator, also you can get an individual visa if you travel by invitation of the Greek side. If you go to Greece by invitation, then other than your documents, documents and parties that invited you, including a certificate of its financial condition, are required.

To visit Athos, you need not only a Greek visa, but also an additional petition. Permission to enter Athos is issued only for four days, and only people connected with art and science can visit this place. Regular tourists do not get permission. In this case, you need to apply for advance - even before you go to Greece.

Please note that if you have a note about visiting North Cyprus in your passport, you are likely to be refused a visa. This is due to the difficult political relations between these countries.

If you enter Greece with an underage child in the absence of one of the parents, you need his permission, certified by a notary, to leave the child from the country. A Greek visa is issued for three days.

In the Greek Consulate you can get the following types of visas :

• Single and double-entry visas allowing a maximum of 45 days to stay in the country, taking into account the purpose of the trip and the time specified in the tour ticket or invitation;
• Schengen multivisa, with a validity period of 6 or 12 months. Such a visa entitles the holder to stay in the country for a maximum of three months within six months;
• Schengen transit visas, with a validity period of up to six months, including hotel reservations and tickets.

When applying for a Greek visa, you must pay a consular fee. The amount of payment depends on the visa category. Payment is made when submitting documents to the consular department of the Greek Embassy or Visa Center.

Please note that some crossings between Greece and Bulgaria are only for EU citizens and their families. Citizens of other states can not cross the border through the border crossing points. Therefore, before the trip, specify information about their work.