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Russian visa when Couchsurfing?

+1 vote
Hi!

We want to go to Russia this summer, but we only have a little money, so we decided to get hosted by CS members.
Maybe you know this site: http://www.couchsurfing.org, the main idea is described in the "About" section.
So you can sleep at strangers' houses for free. We're not worrying about serial killers or something, just a question:
We can get visas and invitation letters, but what about registration? who should give us that? (We're planning to stay only about 3 nigths at each host).
Thank you for your help.
asked Mar 5, 2015 in Russian Visa by esztier (170 points)

1 Answer

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Your host is responsible to register your Russian visa, according to the law. It's very easy to do for them: they just need to take a copy of your passport and an original of theirs to any post office and fill out a special registration form available there, pay a fee (150R = €2) and it's done.

More info is available on here: http://waytorussia.net/RussianVisa/Registration.html

You have 7 days to do that since the date of your arrival. If you're lucky, the first host might register you for the duration of the whole trip, then you won't have to repeat the process, unless you're traveling to another city where you're staying for longer than 7 days.
answered Mar 5, 2015 by WayToRussia (3,930 points)
selected Mar 5, 2015 by esztier
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