On September 30, the consular department of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Moscow temporarily terminated the acceptance of documents for receiving a Cyprus visa. In the same way, Cyprus consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Krasnodar did. What is caused by this? When will work resume? What will be new requirements?
The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) received information in the Cyprus diplomatic mission, from which it follows that the suspension of the issuance of visas is associated with two reasons.
1) On October 12, an automated system of entry and departure of citizens of third countries (Entry/Exit System - EES) will be introduced on the external borders of the countries included in the Schengen zone. At the first crossing of the EU border, they will be required to provide fingerprints and biometric data of the person.
2) The Republic of Cyprus is not included in the Schengen zone, but is preparing to enter it. This, according to the Cyprus Embassy in Moscow, will require the country's authorities both to strengthen control over the entry of foreigners and bringing the procedure for issuing visas into line with general Schengen requirements.
Consulates of the Republic of Cyprus in the Russian Federation
The acceptance of documents will be resumed
to receive a visa in
Monday, October 6.
- However, an important innovation will appear: in addition to the standard package of documents, the applicants
biometric data will be collected
. The fingerprints of the fingers and photos of tourists will be made when submitting applications - as is customary when applying for visas to the countries of the Schengen zone. For children under the age of 12 years, the delivery of fingerprints will not be required, - atore at the Cyprus embassy explained.
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