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Flanker · Just Starting Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 3

Hello everybody Smile

First of all, thanks for the very interesting site. Many things, many things to read! Smile

Here is my problem:
I am going to apply for a private visa. My friend in Russia is ready to do the needed bureaucratic things to obtain my invitation. As I plan to go to Russia around the August 15 or 20, I hope to be able to get my visa in time (less than 50 days left... let's hope it will make it).

But here is the problem. My friend, who doesn't speak fluently my language (it's not that bad but anyway she doesn't want to take risks), fears to translate into french the name of the needed elements for making the invitation.

She sent me a copy of this page through Fax (I suppose she caught it from the OVIR office) where all the needed things seem to be detailed
http://www.poexali.com/info/invit.html

Wondered if anyone here would be kind enough to tell me in english what exactly means each of the line? I studied a little russian myself, but unfortunately I don't have my dictionnary nearby...

Thank you very much! Smile

AJ

ashton · Lounge Lizard Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 80 Location: US

Here is what it means. I have never done this myself but have had friends get me an invitation in the past.

фамилия и имя приглашаемого написанные буквами русского и
латинского алфавитов
Name of the person for who the invitation is needed in block letters in either russian or latin letters. I think that means block letters in English, basically just clearly written.

дата и место рождения
Date and place of birth.

пол
Sex

гражданство
Nationality

государство постоянного проживания
Place of residence

номер и дата выдачи документа, удостоверяющего личность приглашаемого
I am not sure what this would be in English. I understand it in Russian but can't translate it into English.

цель поездки
Purpose of trip

предполагаемый срок пребывания в Российской Федерации
Planned length of stay in the Russian Federation

предполагаемые пункты посещения в Российской Федерации
Planned cities to be visited in the Russian Federation.

наименование приглашающей организации и ее местонахождение или фамилию, имя приглашающего лица и адрес его места жительства

Name and address of the person or organization that is requesting the invitation.

номер и дату принятия решения о выдаче приглашения
I am not sure what this would be in English. I understand it in Russian but can't translate it into English.

срок действия приглашения.
Length of time being requested on the invitation.

Hopefully that will at least help a little bit. I don't think it really matters how they fill the form out as long as they can get the invitation. If this is for a private visa, you way want to make your friends life and yours much easier and just get a tourist visa. It is much easier and much quicker. No one really cares what type of visa you have once you are in the country. I have found that tourist visas are much, much, much easier and take a fraction of the time.

Flanker · Just Starting Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 3

Thank you very much

About the visa itself, Im was asking myself the same kind of questions while reading the site - about getting a tourism or business visa instead of a private one.
But there are a couple of things I don't exactly catch with tourism visa - for instance, I don't know if Im obliged or not to make a deal with anykind of hotel to make the visa valid...

Knowing I would like to stay in Moscow for approx 3 weeks, and visit Petersburg too, perhaps a business visa would be more appropriate. I'm gonna ask her tomorrow if something can be made with the company she works in (knowing in addition that in my country, applying for russian business and tourism visas is the same price).

Thanks!

AJ

WayToRussia · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 2:10 am Post subject:

You don't need to make any deal with a hotel -- that's why the tourist agencies that provide visa support are there -- they arrange everything needed with hotels themselves. But if you stay 3 weeks and only visit moscow and st. petersburg, then a tourist visa is enough.