Denial of US visas to Russians

[Julia Tulovsky]

This is exactly what happened to a friend of mine several years ago. He was
lucky to have a supervisor here in the US who, in fury, called the consulate
and managed to find a higher official. After their conversation my friend
received a visa.
In general the atmosphere in the US Consulates in Russia is very humiliating
for visa applicants. They normally refuse parents to visit there children
here and children to visit parents and  so on. It seams to be a matter of
luck to receive a US visa, since they don't seam to have precise rules and
everything depends on a particular consul's opinion.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc L. Greenberg" <mlg at KU.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:02 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Denial of US visas to Russians


> Dear colleagues,
>    In the last two weeks three students from Russia, who were to attend
> graduate school at the University of Kansas this fall, were denied visas
at
> the St. Petersburg US Consulate. Two were destined for our department, one
> for another department. All were turned down for allegedly seeking
economic
> advantage. This is unprecedented for us. Are other departments have
similar
> experiences?
> Best regards,
> Marc
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Marc L. Greenberg
> Chair and Professor
> Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
> University of Kansas - Wescoe Hall
> 1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 2133
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