Greece is ready to issue visas within 48 hours, head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) Oleg Safonov announced, according to TASS news agency.
“We want to create favourable conditions for our tourists and made efforts in this direction. We discussed the possibilities with our western colleagues. The Greeks appointed more people so that they can issue visas within a day or two,” Safonov noted.
The Russian institution is also holding negotiations on lowering visa prices since Bulgaria offers the most favourable conditions in this respect.
“Bulgaria has taken steps in this direction. The country now offers more special conditions – visas will be free of charge for children younger than six and lower tariffs for adults are also discussed,” the official commented.
TASS says the issuing of Schengen visas takes 3 to 5 days and new rules came into force as of September 14, 2015, requiring that fingerprints are taken.
TASS mentions that Bulgaria will not require fingerprints this year.
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