German Consulate-General started accepting applications for an interview necessary for getting a Schengen visa on February 27, 2007. The visas themselves are expected to be issued beginning from March 6, 2007 when the visa section is going to start operating.

At the beginning, these will only be the dwellers of Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region who will be able to get a Schengen visa at the consulate, but, eventually, the service will become available to other regions of Ural Federal District as well.