I hasten to share my sincere indignation that I feel after yesterday's visit Italian Consulate in Podgorica, Montenegroin an attempt to apply for Schengen visa processing. To begin with, I have extensive experience in independently obtaining various visas, including Schengen ones, in Russia. As usual, I climbed website of the italian consulate in Montenegro, in order to get acquainted with the required package of documents, finding there a standard questionnaire and a standard package of documents: reservations, tickets, certificate of employment, certificate of the state of funds, insurance, photographs, etc. After quickly completing all the formalities and choosing the time on one of the two reception days a week (for visas, the Italian consulate in Podgorica accepts from 10 to 12 on Tuesdays and Thursdays without an appointment), we went to the consulate. Having laid out the entire package of documents to the visa officer, we triumphantly waited for the completion of the acceptance of documents, as after us a Russian couple went up to the second floor, which turned out to be more experienced than us in this matter 🙁 Following their arrival, we received all the documents back from the officer, accompanied by a list of missing documents! If it were not for our compatriots, we would have figured out what was what for a long time. So, the list of missing documents, about which there was not a word on the website of the Italian consulate:
• copies of work and medical books,
• housing rental agreement,
• a certificate from the Russian consulate confirming the presence of a boravka,
• work permit in Montenegro,
• special tax form,
• notarized translation of the international passport into Serbian.
Perhaps she missed something else. A certificate from the Russian consulate can be obtained on a first-come, first-served basis three days a week during three office hours. I can’t imagine how long it will take to get a tax form ... In general, most of our compatriots are forced to go to Russia to apply for visas, since in Montenegro government institutions are even more difficult than in Russia, everything is processed for a very long time, the attitude is not very friendly, in addition, in Russia there are there are many companies that can issue you long-term Schengen visas, and in Montenegro I have not heard of such. But I am pleased with the news that we learned in line at the consulate. All our friends said that the Italian consulate gives Russians only short-term visas, but in line they assured us that the second time we applied, they would give us a six-month visa, so we don’t have to go to Russia ...
I admit, at first I was tempted to go to Russia and get a Schengen visa there for 2 years at once. However, having cooled down a bit, we decided to still get a visa at the Montenegrin consulate. Today we are going to the Russian embassy for information... I will keep you informed of further developments.

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