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Just reschedule it and then email the embassy to confirm everything is okay. If it doesn't work, you'll just have to wait until the original date passes. And don't worry, no one else needs your slot. There is no backlog of cases at Warsaw currently. We went from DQ to visa in passport in less than 2 months.

We got our Hungarian visa without prepaying any hotels... Only paid for the plane ticket.

Tour agencies can have different appointment slots available than what's available to you as an individual. So it's only worth trying an agency if you can't get an appointment on your own, in my opinion. Which can happen depending on what region you live in and how in demand appointments are. In that case, it might be better to get an appointment first before commiting to a specific country if you're on a time crunch. On a whole, the paperwork for an EU tourist visa is very easy and straightforward. It's only a few pages and the American spouse/fiance/family member can help fill everything out correctly in Latin letters. Tour agencies aren't necessarily bad as my Russian in-laws have only ever used agencies for visas and have never had any problems. In fact, the in-laws think we're a bit stupid for doing it on our own. But for something this important, you'd definitely want to triple check everything before any agency submits it.

Tour agencies can have different appointment slots available than what's available to you as an individual. So it's only worth trying an agency if you can't get an appointment on your own, in my opinion. Which can happen depending on what region you live in and how in demand appointments are. In that case, it might be better to get an appointment first before commiting to a specific country if you're on a time crunch. On a whole, the paperwork for an EU tourist visa is very easy and straightforward. It's only a few pages and the American spouse/fiance/family member can help fill everything out correctly in Latin letters. Tour agencies aren't necessarily bad as my Russian in-laws have only ever used agencies for visas and have never had any problems. In fact, the in-laws think we're a bit stupid for doing it on our own. But for something this important, you'd definitely want to triple check everything before any agency submits it.

Tour agencies can have different appointment slots available than what's available to you as an individual. So it's only worth trying an agency if you can't get an appointment on your own, in my opinion. Which can happen depending on what region you live in and how in demand appointments are. In that case, it might be better to get an appointment first before commiting to a specific country if you're on a time crunch. On a whole, the paperwork for an EU tourist visa is very easy and straightforward. It's only a few pages and the American spouse/fiance/family member can help fill everything out correctly in Latin letters. Tour agencies aren't necessarily bad as my Russian in-laws have only ever used agencies for visas and have never had any problems. In fact, the in-laws think we're a bit stupid for doing it on our own. But for something this important, you'd definitely want to triple check everything before any agency submits it.

Tour agencies can have different appointment slots available than what's available to you as an individual. So it's only worth trying an agency if you can't get an appointment on your own, in my opinion. Which can happen depending on what region you live in and how in demand appointments are. In that case, it might be better to get an appointment first before commiting to a specific country if you're on a time crunch. On a whole, the paperwork for an EU tourist visa is very easy and straightforward. It's only a few pages and the American spouse/fiance/family member can help fill everything out correctly in Latin letters. Tour agencies aren't necessarily bad as my Russian in-laws have only ever used agencies for visas and have never had any problems. In fact, the in-laws think we're a bit stupid for doing it on our own. But for something this important, you'd definitely want to triple check everything before any agency submits it.

There are other countries that still give Schengen visas to Russians. Your fiance could try to get one of those, fly to that country first, then travel onto Poland within the Schengen zone. The other option is to try to transfer the case to another embassy in a visa free country like Israel or Kazakhstan, but there are no guarantees they will accept the transfer. You will have to contact each embassy directly and request a transfer.

There are other countries that still give Schengen visas to Russians. Your fiance could try to get one of those, fly to that country first, then travel onto Poland within the Schengen zone. The other option is to try to transfer the case to another embassy in a visa free country like Israel or Kazakhstan, but there are no guarantees they will accept the transfer. You will have to contact each embassy directly and request a transfer.