Do you want to visit the famous England? Then you need to know everything about the British consulate

Great Britain differs not only in its internal mentality, state structure, but also in the requirements for obtaining a visa. If the permission to enter any country of the European Union is very easy to obtain, and it does not take much effort and time for this, it is much more difficult to get to England. Here is not enough filled questionnaire and the availability of a passport, you need to collect a large number of references on marital status, work and income. In some cases you will need letters of recommendation from your place of study. So let's try to understand this issue in more detail.

First, you need to read all the paperwork, find out what documents need to be submitted to the British consulate in order to obtain a visa. Very important are the goals of your visit to this country, the knowledge of English and the absence of military or judicial debts. Initially, you can go to the official website of the consulate and find out the list of documents required for visa processing. Some personal data can be filled directly on the Internet and receive a response to your request for your e-mail. Employees of the consulate after the application form appoint the date of the interview, during which personal questions will be asked, and the completed questionnaires will be viewed. They will also test for the level of knowledge of English . Be sure to provide a certificate of income, family composition.

Having collected all the necessary documents, you should learn everything about the British consulate. Like all offices in England, the general embassy works only on weekdays, Saturday and Sunday are days off. It is also closed on holidays (January 1-2, January 7-8, March 8, Great Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Easter, May 9, Queen's Birthday - May 23, Day of the Russian Federation, National Unity Day November 4 and Christmas 25, 26 and 29 December).

The British Consulate in Moscow is located on the Smolenskaya Embankment, 10, the postal code is 121099. You can contact the specialists of the Moscow Department by calling (495) 956-7200, fax (495) 956-7201. Information communication on the Internet is carried out on the official website. The British visa department is located in Bolshoy Savvinsky Pereulok, 12. The British Consulate is open on working days, documents are received from 9 am to 4 pm, they issue ready visas from four in the evening to six.

The British Consulate in St. Petersburg is open for reception from Monday to Thursday from 9 am and 5 pm. It is located on the Proletarian dictatorship square, 5, zip code - 193124. Contact telephones and faxes, where you can contact any question, are the following: 320-32-39, 320-32-11 (area code 812). Letters, questionnaires are accepted by e-mail of the General Representative Office of England in Russia. The British Consulate works with applications from residents of the Leningrad Region, Pskov, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, the Republic of Karelia, Vologda and Veliky Novgorod, the rest of the citizens turn to the Moscow Center. Assistance in the opening of visas is provided by the visa center of Britain, the department is located in Ozerny Lane, 7, zip code - 191014 (metro station "Ploshchad Vosstaniya"). We should not forget that you can apply for a visa in Moscow, and you only need to receive ready-made documents in St. Petersburg. The exact information can be found on the contact phone (495) 784-71-44 (the call is paid in the calculation of 75 rubles per minute), as well as on the Internet portal. All documents must be in the original, but you should do additionally and photocopy them.