What are the visas?

Between Russia and other countries of the world there isvisa regime. A visa is a permit that is necessary to visit a country, regardless of the purpose of the trip. It is necessary to remember that a visa is necessary not only for visiting the country, but also for its transit crossing.

Basic types of visas

At first glance it may seem that it is easyto understand what kind of visas there are: tourist, business and guest. But not everything is so simple, types of visas are actually somewhat larger, there is also a different list of documents that need to be provided for obtaining the desired visa.

Today, visas can be divided into several types: it is a short-term and long-term visa - for the duration of the trip, as well as multivisa; by appointment - tourist, guest, working; visa on arrival and transit visa. It is important to know that each visa has its own code, for example, 001 or 002, as well as a list of necessary documents.

Short-term and long-term visas

These are those visas that differ in durationstay in the country. If a short-term visa entitles you more often to a one-time entry into a country with a predetermined purpose, then a long-term visa allows you to stay in the country for a specified longer period. Short-term visas are mainly tourist, business and transit visas, and long-term visas are for students and workers.

Multivisa (or multiple-entry visa) permitsto visit the country with some frequency, an example may be the need to come to one country once a quarter to negotiate with business partners. It is important to know that having a multivisa, a person can not stay in the country for a total of, say, more than three months for one year.

Visas for work

In order to know which visa to open, you need to decide on the purpose of traveling to the desired country.

If you need to go to work, you need to openworking visa. But it is important to know that to issue a work visa you need documents provided by a mercenary company. In addition, a foreign company that is going to hire a foreigner must have permission from their authorities. The validity of this type of visa may vary, but it is relatively long.
Business visa is issued to a person also byThe request of the party that invites to itself. The purpose of a business visa trip can only be a decision or assistance in solving various business issues, but not the work or training in the country of visit. These visas can be single, double and multiple, as well as multivisa.
Among visas intended for work abroad,You can also highlight a journalistic visa. It is necessary for journalistic work not in all, but in some countries of the world, namely: Cuba, Iran, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and the United States (I-visa).

Visa for study

Understanding what kind of visas there are, it is necessaryallocate a visa for study in another country, or a student visa. In order to obtain a student visa, it is necessary to provide not only personal documents and an invitation to study at a university where a person is going to study, but also to show confirmation that there is an opportunity to pay for this training.

It can be a personal bank account, where there isthe amount necessary for payment, as well as the data of the sponsor or fund that will pay for the training. It is important to know that not all states allow foreign students to work in the country. And if there is a desire to study in Algeria, for this it will be necessary to issue a student visa rather than a student visa.

Visa for rest and travel

Everyone needs to know what visa to do fortravel to a country whose purpose is travel and tourism. This visa is called tourist. The length of stay in the country with such a visa is on average 2-3 weeks, most often it is a one-time entry into the country.

This visa does not entitle you to a long stay in thecountry, as well as employment. For short-term work during travel, there is a visa for free work, which is most often used by young people for seasonal or short-term work during leisure.

Visas for important guests of the country

There is also diplomatic or officiala visa that is issued to holders of diplomatic passports. For special, important guests of the country who do not have diplomatic status, there is a visa of courtesy, which also requires special and courteous treatment of its owners.

"Love" visas

It is necessary to know what kind of visa to make,to become engaged to a citizen of another country on its territory? For this, there is a wedding visa. It has its own limitations in time - it is issued for the period of preparation for the wedding. Next, you need to get married visa for the subsequent stay in the country. Also, a matrimonial visa is necessary so that the family of the second half of the citizen of the country can settle there.

Schengen visa

Such a visa is valid in the territory of 26 countries that have signed a special agreement. Having one Schengen visa, you can freely cross the borders of all these countries for tourism and travel.

Other types of visas

Immigrant visa is issued once to a person,who wants to leave the country. On subsequent occasions it will be necessary to obtain a resident's certificate, which will enable multiple entry into the desired country.
A special category visa is also called an Australian visa. It is issued to future residents of New Zealand at the entrance to the country.
A transit visa is issued to cross thatanother country for a short period, an average of three days. In some countries it is necessary to have a transit visa, even if the plane sits at the airport for refueling, and the passenger does not leave the aircraft. Transit visas can be one- and two-fold.