Internet visas

[Valentina Soboleva]

Just to answer your question:  I noticed that visa issues, and other consular issues, are purely formal stuff.  As soon as one country creates any limitation in issuing visas, another country automatically does the same from their side.  So, I am absolutely positive that the US consular services do not offer visas for Russians with ease for any one who wants it.  But who started such limitations first, I do not know.

Valentina

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From: Nicole Monnier <monniern at MISSOURI.EDU> 

> Dear SEELANGTSY! 
> 
> MANY thanks for the 20+ responses regarding the 
> vaguely-unsavory-but-otherwise-viable world of online Russian invitation +v 
> isa services. I've taken the plunge and hope to be able to report back 
> successfully on my adventures, or lack thereof (tfu, tfu!). 
> 
> But this whole issue begs the question (if I'm using that phrase correctly): 
> why the heck doesn't Russia just drop the whole visa requirement thing, if 
> only for reasons of tourism, if not sanity? 
> 
> That's a rhetorical cry of the soul; I don't really expect any answers . . . 
> 
> Gratefully, 
> 
> Nicole 
> 
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> Director of Undergraduate Studies (Russian) 
> German & Russian Studies 
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> 
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