Continuing the story of how we we issue a Schengen visa at the Italian consulate in Podgorica, Montenegro (read the beginning Here). After the ordeal of collecting documents, we returned to the Italian consulate last Thursday, November 1, 2012, to yet another disappointment. 🙁 The website once again didn't mention that the consulate doesn't accept visas. November 1 is a public holiday in Italy, the Day of the Dead, and the consulate is closed. For us, a trip to Podgorica meant a wasted day. 🙁 In our desperation, we once again went to Delta City and did a little shopping. 🙂 We humbly awaited the following Tuesday, when we would once again be able to try our luck at this consulate!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Consulate of Italy, George Washington Boulevard 26, Podgorica. Previously, they took a new bank statement on the state of the account, otherwise the previous one was already outdated.
10:30. At the consulate there is a queue of our compatriots (Montenegrins do not need a visa) - there are a lot of people there, they are not allowed inside yet ... Slowly they let everyone in, we are the last. The building is left by two angry ladies - Russians - one has an Italian passport, the second is her sister, she is denied a visa for ridiculous reasons: "they say they have a flight through Vienna, contact the Austrian embassy." I don’t know if everything is as they say, but after making a lot of noise, starting a video filming at the consulate due to a violation of their rights, they got a meeting with the vice-consul, and he promised that the visa would be ready on Thursday 🙂
11:30 While they were noisy, the line moved slowly, we were allowed inside at half past eleven - half an hour before closing. In front of our eyes, almost everyone is denied acceptance of documents for all sorts of not very significant reasons, however, much is clarified at the information stand - it is not clear why this information should not be posted on the site.
12:00 Officially the end of the reception on visa issues. The queue is not broken up.
12:30 It's our turn, and we're the last ones. A seemingly unpleasant man claims we filled out the form incorrectly, claiming we printed it out on two separate sheets of paper, and it should be an A3 booklet! Forms are available on the ground floor of –. Why didn't he mention this before? And not a word about it on the website either! Well, – will wrap things up, he's already time for lunch. The guard is nervously pacing around, trying to explain to us in broken English that we should have filled it out properly the first time, and they don't care that this is our third time coming from Kotor, that our work is on hold, etc., etc. Suddenly, this seemingly unpleasant officer hands us blank, "correct" forms and allows us to fill them out! In short, all the documents turned out to be in order, we filled out new forms, paid 35 euros each to –, and are coming back for our passports next Tuesday, exactly one week from now!
13:00 Rejoicing and rejoicing, we leave the consulate!
Since we already have an Italian visa obtained in Russia this year, we are applying for a six-month multi-visa, we'll see which one they get ...
Summarizing, list of documents submitted for obtaining an Italian visa:
1. Passports and notarized translations + copies
2. Marriage certificate, copy, notarized translation + copy
3. Booking a hotel with booking
4. Booking a ferry ticket to Bari
5. Rental agreement in Montenegro + copy
6. Insurance
7. Potvrda o mjestu boravka
8. Photos
9. Work book + copy, hello booklet + copy + M1
10. An extract from the bank on the state of the account (fixed, but it is desirable to show the movements for the last 3 months - they could get to the bottom).
11. Documents for the company
12. Certificate from the Russian consulate about the presence of boravka
13. Work permit
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We took a photo of the list of documents and visa requirements at the stand at the Italian Embassy:
