Ticket requirements for entering Russia

[Renee Stillings]

We send dozens of students to Russia each year and have yet to have anyone
inquire at the consulate or the border about tickets whatsoever--interpret
that as they don't care what you have in hand. Only on rare occasion have
the authorities in Irkutsk been fussy and demanded to see a roundtrip ticket
before issuing the visa support, but that I imagine is just locals flexing
their muscles from time to time.

-----Original Message-----
From: James E Brown <jebrown at HAWAII.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 1:14 PM
Subject: Ticket requirements for entering Russia


>I recently wrote the Russian consulate about ticket requirements for
>entering Russia.  I received the answer that one only needs to present a
>roundtrip  ticket to get a transit visa but this was not my concern.  I
>wanted to know if you need to have a roundtrip ticket in hand when
>entering Russia. Before, when I went to Russia it was always for a short
>time and I always had a roundtrip ticket. Now I'm going for a longer time
>and I don't know the exact day that I want to return which makes getting a
>roundtrip ticket difficult. Can anyone give me any information on this?
>
>:> James E. Brown
>University of Hawaii
>
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