Changes to Student Visa requirements
Jane Hacking
j.hacking at UTAH.EDU
Wed Feb 4 22:42:27 UTC 2009
Great questions, and I, for one, would welcome any further clarification.
Jane
On 2/4/09 3:26 PM, "Donna Seifer" <donna.seifer at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> An Apostille is a certification process for all documents going to countries
> that are members of the 1961 Hague Convention. The office of Secretary of
> State in each state can certify that the State Notary Public who witnesses a
> signature by notarizing a document is duly registered with that state. So,
> an Apostille is authentication that the local notary public is bona fide.
>
> In Oregon one can get an Apostille in person or by mail. Each costs $10.
>
> I find ambiguity as I read the text on the student visa: Does the document
> on health or HIV test certificate itself have to translated into Russian as
> well as the Apostille?
>
> Translating the Apostille into Russian is familiar to me, since in the US
> this document is in English. I normally certify my Apostille translations
> in both Russian & English and have them notarized.
>
> This might need clarification, but I assume (logically) that the health
> documents in question here can be notarized locally. Then those notarized
> documents must be Apostilled at the Secretary of State's office and the
> Apostille then translated into Russian for certification by the Russian
> Consulate.
>
> Sorry, if I lost anyone.
>
> Donna Turkish Seifer, M.A.
> Russian Language Services
> 5909 SW Southview Place
> Portland, OR 97219
> Tel: 503-246-0329
> donnada at mac.com
>
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> On 2/4/09 11:45 AM, "Christine A Dunbar (cdunbar at Princeton.EDU)"
> <cdunbar at PRINCETON.EDU> wrote:
>
>> In New Jersey, at least, it can be done by mail.
>>
>> Christine
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby <jrouhie at EMAIL.UKY.EDU>
>> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:20 pm
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Changes to Student Visa requirements
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>
>>> An apostil is essentially the equivalent of a notary's seal,
>>> however,
>>> it is given only by the secretary of state (a government position
>>> held in each state). To obtain one, a person must visit the
>>> secretary
>>> of state's office in the state capital. I am not sure if it can be
>>> mailed and an apostil affixed, I suppose one would have to contact
>>> the secretary of state's office. Best, JRW
>>>
>>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:14 PM, John Givens wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Colleagues:
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that there are several changes this year to the
>>>> requirements for
>>>> obtaining student visas to Russia.
>>>>
>>>> The NYC Russian Consulate website lists the following
>>> requirements
>>>> (below).
>>>> Items 2, 3 & 5 are new and item 4 now requires Russian
>>>> translation and
>>>> Apostil certification. I understand that these new requirements
>>>> are usually a
>>>> response to new requirements imposed on our side of their
>>> students
>>>> seeking
>>>> visas. My question is to those of you who, like the University of
>>>
>>>> Rochester,
>>>> run summer programs in Russia. Do you have any advice how to
>>>> fulfill these
>>>> requirements without expending an enormous amount of time and
>>>> labor? Is there a
>>>> visa service that does student visas? ("ExpresstoRussia"--the
>>>> formal "partner"
>>>> of the Russian Consulate--does not do student visas. I called
>>>> them already.)
>>>> Also, what do they mean by "Apostil of the local office of the
>>>> Secretary of
>>>> your State"?
>>>> I noticed that the Russian Embassy does not have instructions
>>> for
>>>> student
>>>> visas and, in any case, no longer accepts mailed visa
>>> applications
>>>> (you have to
>>>> apply in person or through a service, but none of the services
>>>> listed on their
>>>> websites do student visas).
>>>> Thanks for any help! Here are the requirements from the Russian
>>>
>>>> Consulate
>>>> website:
>>>> For a Student Visa, please, submit:
>>>> A letter of Invitation from the Ministry of Foreign
>>> Affairs
>>>> or its
>>>> Regional Office (if the Region you are going to study in does
>>>> not have
>>>> Regional Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
>>>> invitation is issued
>>>> by the University, Institute or College on its official
>>>> letterhead signed by
>>>> the rector and certified either by the Office for
>>> International
>>>> Affairs of
>>>> the local administration or by the local office of the
>>> Ministry
>>>> of Interior).
>>>>
>>>> Your current diploma or educational certificate, certified
>>>
>>>> by the State
>>>> or Federal authorities
>>>> General health certificate on your current health
>>> condition
>>>> (must be
>>>> certified by Apostil at the local office of the Secretary of
>>>> your State and
>>>> translated into Russian, then certified by the Consulate)
>>>> A copy of HIV test certificate (must be certified by
>>> Apostil
>>>> at the local
>>>> office of the Secretary of your State and translated into
>>>> Russian, then
>>>> certified by the Consulate)
>>>> A confirmation of the payment arrangement directly from
>>> the
>>>> University,
>>>> Institute or College you are going to study at.
>>>> Your original passport with at least 2 clean, side by side
>>>
>>>> pages to
>>>> attach the visa to. The passport must be valid for up to 6
>>>> months AFTER you
>>>> planned departure from Russia.
>>>> 2 signed and dated Visa Application Forms (click to
>>> download
>>>> form for US
>>>> Citizens, click here to download form for non-US citizens.
>>>> The forms
>>>> require Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download this free if you
>>> do
>>>> not have
>>>> it installed on your computer. 3 identical passport size (on white
>>>> background) photos. Please, write your name on the back of the
>>> photos.> Your payment by money order or cashier's check made
>>> out to
>>>> the Russian
>>>> Consulate in accordance with your local Consulate's fees (see
>>>> Consulates
>>>> Website or call them). Do not send cash or personal checks.
>>>> Pre-paid self-addressed return envelope from a reliable
>>>> delivery company
>>>> (FED EX, DHL, UPS).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John Givens
>>>> Associate Professor of Russian
>>>> Modern Languages & Cultures
>>>> Box 270082
>>>> University of Rochester
>>>> Rochester, NY 14627-0082
>>>> 585-275-4272
>>>>
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