Waiting out the winter on a warm continent, learning Italian at courses in Milan, learning the rituals of the Masai tribe in Africa, practicing yoga in an Indian ashram - all this can be done only with a long-term visa. A long-term visa is a visa to a specific country for staying on its territory for more than one to three months for various purposes, be it contract work, study or family reunification. Another question is how far you have all the necessary documents to obtain it.
Necessary
international passport, internal passport, photographs, certificate from work or place of study, air ticket, hotel reservation, insurance
Instructions
Step 1
If you want to live for some time in one country or travel a lot, then you need to submit the following documents to the consulate: a valid passport, a photocopy of an internal passport, 3 color photographs, a completed application form in English, a certificate from the place of work or study, financial guarantees or a sponsorship letter, airline tickets, accommodation reservations - you will receive it.
Step 2
If you want to study abroad, you need a long-term visa. First, you need to decide on the country, then contact the selected educational institution directly or through an intermediary travel agency in order to find out which entrance exams you need to take. After you pass the exams, you will receive a notification that you are accepted, then you go to the website of the country's embassy and see the requirements for documents that must be passed to obtain a student visa. Then you collect documents and their photocopies for submission to the embassy. As a rule, the set of documents is standard: an internal passport, a foreign passport, air tickets, insurance, an invitation from an educational institution, a photograph, and financial guarantees. But you still need to check on the embassy website. Remember: you need to make an appointment with the consulate in advance.
Step 3
If your goal is a business trip, then your business partner should make you a special invitation, which will be sent to you by fax. Based on this document, you can easily get a so-called business visa. If you have been invited to work under a contract for a long time, at the invitation from the employer, the embassy will make you a long-term work visa.
