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Visa Registration

Fri, 01 Jul 2016 19:01:29 +0000

Hello,

After many talks with the Russian Embassy here in DC. I am applying for a Russian Tourist visa and am going to purchase a visa support letter (invitation letter) for my visa application. However, Myself and my friend are NOT staying in Russia. We booked a round trip flight from DC-Moscow for this August. However, we then purchased a round trip flight from Moscow-Athens. We will be "laying over" in Moscow for 16 hours. We thought we would qualify for the Transit visa but unfortunately, we do not and are required a Tourist visa.

If I am NOT actually staying in Russia, how will I register within the 3 days? Do I even need to register since I will only be in the airport for 16 hours? I will have to return to Moscow a week later but only to catch another flight back to DC?

Thanks in advance for any ones help!

Can one combine two support letters for two different purposes into a single visa, for example humanitarian visa?

Fri, 01 Jul 2016 05:30:58 +0000

I am taking a 9 week language course in September, so my language institute is providing support for the duration of the program. After the 9 weeks, however, I am planning on taking the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok—a trip which will take about a week.

Is it possible to obtain support for that extra week under a tourist visa support letter, combine it with a study support letter, and apply for a single visa for the duration of my stay in Russia (less than 90 days), such as a humanitarian visa?

I have a tourist visa question about registration and hotel requirements.

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:33:24 +0000

I have a friend in Kaliningrad who wants to host me for a trip there in October - she is applying for a homestay visa for me. The problem is, she's a huge procrastinator and dragging her feet like crazy. I'm hoping I can just get the invitation from her, and then expedite my visa with the Washington DC consulate so I can fly as planned in October. But just in case she takes too long and drags her feet more, I was going to try and obtain a tourist visa as a backup. So my confusion lies in lodging and registration. I am OK with booking a hotel for say a couple of nights so I can be registered, etc., but I'm hoping that I'd have some freedom of movement after that and be able to just stay with my friend since it would be more convenient and cheaper. I'll only be there for 2 weeks, but booking a hotel for 2 weeks that I'm not going to stay at seems like a huge waste of money. I read that after my time at the hotel is up, I'll have to be registered again wherever I'm staying, and that having a private person register me may cause some problems. I'm combing the internet and finding no answers. So what I'm wanting to know, in a nutshell, is how do people travel independently in Russia without having to book a hotel the entire stay, and how does one go about registering themselves again after their stay at the hotel is over?

I have 15hour layover in Moscow and would like to explore city. I am US citizen. Can someone guide me if I need a visa?

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 05:35:00 +0000