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They will void your old visa once they grant you the new one at the consulate. Your old visa will be stamped a big "ПОГАШЕНО". Warn them, however, that you have a valid visa at the moment of ...

Yes, it does. For Schengen countries, all Multy-Entry visas issued on or after June 17th. For other countries, October 17th.
(that's for business visas)

I have bought 14 today for 200 RUR. However I have heard that too.
I think it may also be to prevent resellers at peak hours.

Hi,

What do you mean by "You have to close your visa" ?? I don't think you have to close anything, they will just cancel your current visa (big ПОГАШЕНО thing) and stamp the residence per ...

I correct myself. I asked about this at Domodedovo passport control and they told me that the visas that are affected by this limitation are those that have the following sentence in the "Additio ...

I think fortunately this won't be applied to me. The case with my russian visa is a bit odd, because my invitation was issued in may (before the agreement was in force) and I applied for the visa in j ...

sounds like they can stay only 90 days in a six month window

This just blew up all my plans... There are thousands of europeans living and/or doing business in Russia with business visas. For exa ...

b) spouses and children (including adopted), who are under the age of 21 or are dependant, visiting citizens of the Russian Federation and the European Union legally residing in the territory of the ...

Anyway, ask in your consulate if they can do it.

As stated in

http://www.russiatravelinfo.com/traveler-precautions.shtml

If your passport is lost or stolen, you must apply for a replacement passport at a U.S. embassy or consulate. If possi ...

Thanks!
Anyway I've heard that they might require a self-employment certificate from the commerce chamber or my guild. I hope they don't. Tomorrow I'll phone my consulate

Hi!

I'm going to apply for a multi-entrance year-long business visa. I dont have any business interest in fact. I don't work currently and I am not going to do any business in Russia, since I am st ...