During his visit to Moscow in February of this year, the President of the French Republic, Mr. F. Hollande, stressed the importance of increasing contacts between the citizens of our countries. The French President has promised to simplify the conditions to apply for a visa for Russian citizens.
According to RIA «Daily News Vladivostok»
Advisor to the Press of the French Embassy in Russia
Mr. Tom Byuffen, this obligation French authorities have decided to establish five centers for submitting documents to five major Russian cities.
In the list of «lucky» — Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don.
— The inhabitants of these cities and their regions will be able to apply for a short-term Schengen visas in their place of residence, without having to travel to the Consulate General of France in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, some citizens, especially students, are given the opportunity to apply also to the long-term visas, said Mr. Tom Byuffen
Consulate General of France in Moscow reports that the five centers of applying for a Schengen visa to France will be opened in the near future. Start receiving documents is scheduled for June, the exact date of the opening of the French windows in the centers of filing will be announced in the near future.
Consulate General of France in Moscow would like to wish the granting of Russian citizens to apply for visas in the immediate vicinity of their homes contributed to the further strengthening of cooperation between the two countries and facilitate contacts between citizens of Russia and France.