Can Russians get a Schengen visa and go to Europe in 2023? Life in Russia
A month ago I returned back to Russia to try to get a Schengen visa. Can Russians get a visa and go to Europe in 2023? Most people think not. But I decided to check it myself. In this video I will show you the process of applying for a visa, what has changed, the cost and also what documents are needed. And of course I will show you my life in Moscow.
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00:00 - The reality of my life in Moscow
05:48 - Which countries give a visa to Russians?
07:14 - What has changed in the visa application process?
07:57 - What documents are needed to apply for a visa?
10:58 - Applying for a visa
13:05 - Did I get a visa?
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I can't wait for your next upload, Dari! You left us on a cliffhanger and the suspense is killing me. All the best to you no matter how things turn out.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
😁
wow, I just saw the vlog about Portugal. You came through that with super maturity. It's a beautiful world when you know you can ask for help and you get it. What a daunting and scary experience when something terrible like that happens. Keep doing what you do. ;~)
You did all the proper preparation for the Visa, and you’ve left and returned to Russia over the last several months. I hope and pray that your Visa was approved. Your heart is in the right place, so I hope your next video has good news! Удачи! 🌹🙏☘️
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
I hope so too!
You put together a fun video given the circumstances, Dari! All my best to you that things work out the way you desire. ✌️
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
The best way to fight depression is to keep doing what you want to do and never give up. Look how many people is supporting you and everything started from your tiny room
A 13 year old girl was put into an orphanage because she coloured a Ukrainian flag on a piece of paper.. Please be careful 😊
Your weather looks just about like ours. I hope you get exactly what you seek !!!
Outstanding Dari Step! You have answered or read so many comments that other content creators can't come close to what you are doing. You are very smart, and you deserve to be free.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Now that was a super tease😄👍 I put a like because that was such a great cliffhanger.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😄
I am very impressed with your hard work and determination.
....... CLIFFHANGER!!! I think you got it. Italy? France? It's good to tell your state of mind. I do it too. You can't show only good stuff otherwise, we would run out of content. I shot a video today with another local KZreadr, we went thrift shopping, found lots of treasure, i stayed within my budget and we ended the day at a chocolate shop. So much fun!!!! It's gonna be up on my channel Friday ❤
@bilal3337
Жыл бұрын
Did she get the visa?
First 😊 glad it all worked out for you Daria
@PV1230
Жыл бұрын
Hi Slava!
@RussianPlus
Жыл бұрын
@@PV1230 what’s up 😃
You are a good person Dari and very humble despite of discrimination from the others because you are a Russian.Keep humble ❤️ support from the Philippines
@evegreenification
Жыл бұрын
❤
@alexanderpatkolo6163
Жыл бұрын
No one is discriminating russians because they are russians. They cant visit europe because of actions of their goverment.
Hello my friend look nices there hope you are haveing a great day 👍🇨🇦👋
Dari I hope you got approved for the visa. Best of luck!!
@bilal3337
Жыл бұрын
Did she get the visa or not?
Can’t wait for the big reveal in the next video 🥹 keeping my hopes up for you🤞🏻
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Coming soon!
The restrictions have certainly made if harder, more expensive and time consuming for you to go through the visa process. Things were so much easier not so long ago. I was lucky in my youth not to have to deal with all this bureaucracy. Not sure I would have been such a willing traveller if I did have to deal with all of that. Really admire your dedication to pursuing your travelling dreams despite the burdens of all this red tape. Good for you and good luck with your application. I am thinking you will likely seek out the warmer countries for your visa application so guessing this will go back to Greece. Maybe not - but that is my guess.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ☺️
Hi Dari. You had lovely weather there during this video being made. Most of the snow that was here is gone. Spring is just a couple of days away. Thank you for sharing.
I love your honesty and I'm grateful for you! Sending lots of love and happiness from Florida!
Dari, You know how to keep us in suspense. I really hope you get good news. Thanks for taking us with you. You sure have to go through a lot to get your Visa in order. Best wishes to you. As usual you look great.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jim!!
Dari what a cliffhanger! Good luck and please come to the USA.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
ahahah I hopeee so!
Hey Dari... thanks for sharing. :) Many cheers!
Wish you all the success 🙏
Haters gonna hate, keep doing what you do.👊
Dari, there is only one gentle suggestion I would make about this new video. I would change the graphic in the title card to: "Rejected?" with a question mark. That way it fits with your video's theme of wondering whether or not you received your Visa. Otherwise, it looks like a statement of fact. It will help with any grumbling that might occur that you are click-baiting your audience. Having seen your prior uploads, I know that hasn't been your style. Anyway, just a friendly idea.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Maybe I got the visa and decided to confuse people 🤪
@dan_hitchman007
Жыл бұрын
@@DariStep Congratulations are in order then... maybe? 😉 🤪
@zetristan4525
Жыл бұрын
Great comment, as always. Fully agree. "Rejected, dejected or ejected?" would also work.
Dari will do it and get there. We know this from watching you last year 😊
Keep you head up because you are doing good work and you inspire others. Yout a great woman and live your best life.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Cliffhanger! Such a reality show move.*chef's kiss* 😘 But I think you got it. Congratulations?!
Thanks DARI STEP for everything you do for us it's always great to see you 🤗 please keep up the great work you do for us ❤ please take care of yourself and be safe beautiful DARI hope to see more of you soon 🤗✌️❤️🙏
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Scott!
Hello Dari! Great! I am very glad that finally you could get your visa! I think that you will come to EU. Thanks for sharing
Dari is learning the art of the cliffhanger! As for the haters , there was a saying : if you don’t have any haters you are doing it wrong! Are you going to stay mainly in the country that gave you the visa or go to others in Europe as well?
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Are you sure I got the visa?))
@r312du6
Жыл бұрын
@@DariStep you were waaayyyy to happy yesterday to have been rejected. So I think it’s a pretty safe bet. Also I’ve watched enough tv shows to guess the end of a cliffhanger 😁
@Dragon-mv6vy
Жыл бұрын
No one wants these russian gremlins anywhere near!
Great video! Thanks Dari.
Congatulations :)
Dear Dari, you are a real sunshine 😊 Its hard time but it will be better, all the best
At the very end when Dari opens her new passport, she looks at the camera and blinks, not once but twice. We know from the movies that one blink means "NO", two blinks mean "YES". So based solely on my flawed reasoning it's a YES. Congratulations! But seriously I hope it did work out for you. Safe travels.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
🤣
Darya, I wish you good luck in obtaining a visa. 😊
Be strong Dari
You are a beautiful soul who's a light in this world. Don't ever let the haters get you down. Wow, that is a lot of paperwork. How challenging. I hope this worked out for you, or that you will have a wonderful time in Asia, which is also great.
I didn't want to do this, but okay. What do you mean with these texts about Berlin and Munich. What's so terrible about these two cities? Did you come across Freikorps or SA troops who beat you up because you were Russian? I know Germany quite well and have been there often. Berlin is one of my favorite cities in Germany next to Hamburg, the whole Rhineland and Bavaria. So let me ask you a simple question, Dario Stepanovna? What don't you like there?
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Well Rafał , that’s a very strange question. I’ve been to both Munich and Berlin. Cities were nice, nothing was wrong with them. I just didn’t feel like these were “my” cities, that’s all. Just I didn’t feel as I belong there. Nothing is so dramatic…
Great video Dari! Keeping my fingers crossed and wishing you the best that you got your visa. Stay safe and well.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Great episode Dari
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I thank you for another great video it was really good and I enjoyed every minute!!! I hope you are well and that you got your Visa, please be careful and look after yourself best wishes David Porterxxx❤️
I don't know you but you must be a good person to love dogs so much. You even give the street dogs love that is wonderful. Never give up on your dreams no's always turn into yes. Best wishes from the Americas
Oh no what a tease!
I enjoyed it
I have enjoyed your travel videos very much... We all have this paperwork and we pay more... I do not think we need insurance except if we drive and it is not covered by our regular insurance... The grey is from the tilt of the earth... Thumbs up as always...
This is an interesting video. I sure hope you get the Visa. I really believe you will, since you put so much work in it. I have no idea where you will go next. I am anxious to find out!! Thank you for sharing all of this and have a nice week!!
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I will :))
I think you did get it ❤
Good Luck! I hope all goes well.
You can have a 90 days for tourism or business purposes. However if you are planning to study, work, or live in one of the Schengen countries for more than 90 days, then you must apply for a national visa of that European country and not a Schengen Visa. Also the visa is only valid for 90 days in a 180-day period of time even if you hold a multiple-entry visa for Europe valid for up to 5 years.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Trust me, I know all of this lol
You mentioned Malta in your video. I have a holiday home there. A very beautiful country with a very varied and interesting history. There is quite a sizeable Russian expat community here. You hear Russian spoken everywhere and there are even some shops catering for Russian cuisine. I have friends and relatives who rent out property so please contact/connect if you want any help or advice.
@sjv9147s
Жыл бұрын
Beware of solicitation from strangers. Just saying.
Cliffhanger!!!!! Oh Dari!!!!
given political situation i fear it's difficult for Russians to get a schengen visa nowadays. I fear most european governments consider all russians alike, democratic as putinists 😟
I really hope you got your visa. All the best for you, Sweetheart 👉❤️👈🇬🇧😘
@bilal3337
Жыл бұрын
Did she get the visa?
@sadakamber5843
Жыл бұрын
@@bilal3337 I think so. 🤔
I wish❤ you the best. You are working so hard to get your arrangements together.
Hi Dari Please be careful. I know it's difficult but try not to let it get you down. Just keep being positive. Don't overwork yourself and please take time to destress and decompress. I hope you get a visa soon and travel again. Stay safe and be well 👋😁
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Nice cliff hanger!
Thanks!
Good luck Dasha and thank you for another interesting film, otherwise many people around the world would never see anything about Russia except what appears in the headlines.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment Ben!
Where I live in New Hampshire, USA the weather is the same. We call it mud season. Good luck on your future.
Интро, конечно, топовое. Как сказала бы София - you're so direct, Dari! :D
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
😁
dont worry , be happy. Things will be better , enjoy the coffee.
Although I sincerely hope to be wrong, I doubt that you got the visa. In the video you already mentioned that you couldn´t comply with the employer's declaration, which can very likely be a breaking point. Issuing of Schengen visas has becoming extremely strict, particularly for people from Russia.
I love Dari! Take me for a walk.
"Finger prints!" (I got finger printed.) Very nice to see you out and about-- even that quick shot in a Moscow subway car was interesting. I say, you got the visa! (But that was a sneaky final shot... ) Funny about going back to your parent's apartment-- It's so universal a feeling (it's a "thing" here in America-- apparently it's a much more common thing these days. A sign of the times, alas!) Just keep walking around, that's a perfectly nice thing to do. Just keep your head down and stay safe.
Dari, You are so cute, and I love your content! You are very intelligent and brave to do all that you do, traveling so many places. I hope to meet you one day 😊 I spent a lot of time in SP Russia and in Hungary. I loved both but found Hungarian culture to be more welcoming and laid back (even more so than Austrian culture). Check out smaller cities like Pecs and Szeged, plus Lake Balaton. I hope all goes well with your visa process!
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
I’ve visited lake Balaton 😃
@tolmie1141
Жыл бұрын
She's looking for a Poindexter just like you!😂
PS. I got the Schengen visa 😁
@CondorSkyGhost
Жыл бұрын
Go to some cool castles in Germany
@crimestoppers1877
Жыл бұрын
I watched the look on your face a few times. Did you get the visa?
@LouieArmstrong1244
Жыл бұрын
Luxembourg
@floribertjackalope2606
Жыл бұрын
andorra
@jimallison6125
Жыл бұрын
Dari, I think you will get it. I wish you could come to University of Florida. I live very close to the Univ. but good luck wherever you end up.
Good content. Very informative
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
What an interesting video today. First I hope you won't let the TROLL'S mess with you. All the hate is completely unjust and you are simply getting targeted by lesser, small and narrow minded people. Don't feed the TROLL'S by answering or giving them any attention. I hope your YT community will help and support you in this. Family is nice... but at a distance some time, happens to most people I guess. Good to see that you could seek refuge at a friends place. At least your baby boy enjoys you being home and spending time with him. Your description of applying for a visa is just as complicated that I feared. But you seem very organized and managed to coordinate with your friends in Europe, very nice job. I don't know if you got the visa or not??? But you leave one hell of a face in the end... A real cliffhanger that leaves the viewer just as anxious as you probably feel. In any case, I know that you can deal with anything and that you will allways be allright in the end. Best of luck to you!
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
ahahahhaha thank you so much for your comment!
I'm guessing you did get it🎉🤞
Some EU countries are still interested in Russian tourists. But in general it is currently difficult to get a full six-month Schengen visa. You must prove that you will return to Russia. If you have a well-paying job in Russia and if you have an expensive house in Russia or have school children, it becomes easier.
Dari, you have worked so hard to gain 30k subscribers. The proof is in the quality and quantity of your videos. I hope your channel continues to grow and flourish.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
I hope so too!
Great Blog ❤️🩹🫶
Your self employed KZreadr👍
Congratulations, I hope. More importantly, you do NOT deserve hate messages. ❤
Dasha!! You deserve ALL the support, and NONE of the hate 🤗But... As KZreadrs we know: haters gonna hate 🙄 Really appreciate your direct style: about how you feel, and everything else 💙 About Master's in the US. We've DMd about this, but I don't think we mentioned that if you get accepted and start your studies, other opportunities become available. They are called "assistantships" and it's basically work for grad students: research, teaching and whatever else professors may need help with. Best of luck with that and your Schengen Visa application(s) 🤞 P.S. At first I thought it was Niki Proshin at 9:59 😅
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
ahahaha thank you so much! And yes, I'm applying to all assistantship jobs possible... didn't get a feedback about it yet(
@APlusRussian
Жыл бұрын
@@DariStep So, _not_ Niki making your passport photo? 🤪 I haven't watched his videos in months, so who knows where he's at now 🤷♀
@APlusRussian
Жыл бұрын
@Amy Couperthwaite Oh, I _see_ them in my feed, I just never get to _watch_ any of them based on when he posts 🤷♀️
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Watching your life is like watching a drama unfold. What's going to happen next? Of course we wish you the very best under the circumstances.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Ahahahaha I feel the same lol Thank you Harry!
If you can make it to the U.S. then you can cross any state lines accept for Hawaii and Alaska because you either have to cross the ocean or go through Canada but the other 48 states are no problem. It may be possible from Washington State to take a ferry to Alaska but I have never been out west as I live on the east coast of the U.S. but a lot depends on your availability of funds. Many people in other countries can't believe it but yes you can either drive or even walk across state lines. There is actually a spot out west where if you stand in a certain spot then you are in 4 states at once.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Cool :)
Hi Dari ,interesting video ,i think you got a visa for your chosen country ,look forward to finding out if i am right ,good luck and wishing you all the best,take care
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Fingers crossed!
@trevmacc
Жыл бұрын
@@DariStep i will for you Dari
Wow, what a cliffhanger!!! I’m on the Schengen visa camp FYI.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
😃😃
Best wishes!
Thanks for sharing
As we can see your eyes, we know you got that visa 😍👍
I'm hoping you are doing okay. Whether you come back soon or not, your emotional safety should be the top priority.
What happened I hope you got it I didn't think it will be so complicated I'm so glad you are not one to give up so easy hopefully it one with a WU and it still look really cold there in socal were having the most rain and snow in 20 years it's super amazing are lakes were so low now they are filling back up but ya thanks for sharing my fingers are crossed for you
Your such a sweet person! 🙂
You are a good woman Dari ❤
Please don't let people get you down because it is a unfortunate fact of life that some people jump at commenting before knowing, (or seeing the whole video), and what's going on and some people are just jerks. Hopefully everything will work out. At least your photos turned out beautifully📷 and your little boy is happy to see you. 🐕🦺 We are all pulling for you.🙂🤍⚘️
I can't wait for the epsiode 2 of this drama.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
Ahahah a story of my life lol
Dari you are so mean to us with your incredible video ending! I hope you get the visa you hope for, but even if denied a trip around Asia will be a great time I know. Is YouTubber not a recognised employment option for those forms you had to submit. I would think getting an income from your various sources would be acceptable, especially as you earn mostly the same regardless of which country you are in and would naturally promote that country just by being there! Let's hope you get the result you really want!
University of Glasgow is that Scotland on the sweater I did not expect that, I live in Glasgow., also tasty period in the English language means something different, does not sound editable to me, not a burger comes to mind...
I was able to get a 3 year Russia visa in 2022. I hope I can use it before it expires!
So many challenges, but you come up smiling. We live so well in peace on a large island in my part of the world where the sun shines most of the time and only occasionally a bit too well leading ultimately to bushfires. I wish I could reach out and share some of our good fortune.
I know people who have worked much and they have been burned out because of too much work and stress. We also need to get rest and relax from the work one day in the week.
I search for work ..my job is electrical maintenance or any work I can do
No? Cold weather. Maybe Costa Rica. Great eco tourism
No hate. Come to Ireland embassy is still open and lots of good jobs here
I am going to assume you got the visa and congratulate you. 👍 Would I also be correct in assuming the video editing work you alluded to is for other YT channels? 🤔 Would love to see an episode on this kind of work and the challenges of putting together a video from another creator.
@DariStep
Жыл бұрын
No, it’s not for other KZread channels but for some other people :)
@andgainingspeed
Жыл бұрын
@@DariStep Still nice to see you have other revenue streams outside of YT. Maybe your editing skills developed on YT got you freelance work or your freelance work gave you good YT editing skills? Either way it is all good. 👍
As a response to the beginning of your video, Dari, I will quote a favorite comedy of mine, "Strictly Ballroom." The motto of the film is: "A Life Lived In Fear, Is A Life Half Lived." I feel for Russians of good character who want to live a full life free of oppression and lies. That said, I look forward to watching the rest of your insightful video.
😋that lunch looks nice