apartment stays in Moscow

[Josh Wilson]

If you are using a reputable serviced-apartment agency (such as those
available from the SRAS Travel Services site:
http://www.sras.org/travel_services ) then registration is taken care of by
the agency. 

If you stay in a private apartment, so long as you are subletting from the
registered owner of the apartments and that registered owner is available to
go with you to the OVIR (and knows what they are doing there), then the
registration can be taken care of, theoretically, in one trip at an expense
of about 2 hours and $50-100, depending on the OVIR and length of stay (at
least that's what it was last I was there a couple of years back). 

In any case, when looking for a place, you should always ask before renting
that the renter will be able to take care of the registration and knows that
it is important to you. I'd also recommend you use the serviced apartment
route if this is an issue that you are especially worried about. 

Hope that helps. 



Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

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[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of James Beale
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:06 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] apartment stays in Moscow

How does staying in an apartment in Moscow (whether privately arranged or
through an agency) affect your ability to get registered.  Since the
penalties and problems are quite draconian, I have often thought about
arranging a stay in an apartment (since the hotels are so over-priced and
rarely do the standards meet the price), but not having someone to register
my passport and not wanting to spend days at OVIR, I have reluctantly stayed
in the hotels...

Anyone have experience with one of the apartment agencies?

James Beale
Russia Online, Inc.
Tel: 301-933-0607  Fax: 301-933-0615
Shop online 24/7: http://shop.russia-on-line.com
 

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[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Six, Irina Anatolyevna
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:55 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] apartment

Dear Michael,
 
my parents living in Moscow have their appartment available for summer (they
stay in the country house). It is in 10-minutes walking distance from the
metro "Oktuabrskoe Pole", good location, a 24-hour Perekriostok supermarket
is next to their appartment building, internet connection. Let me know if
you have not found the place to stay yet.
 
Sincerely,
 
Irina
 
 
Dr. Irina Fediunina Six 
Lecturer 
Slavic Languages and Literatures
The University of Kansas 
Wescoe Hall 
1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 2135 
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590 
(785) 864-1230 
fax (785) 864 4298 
irinasix at ku.edu 
www.ku.edu/~slavic <file://www.ku.edu/~slavic>  

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list on
behalf of Katz, Michael
Sent: Fri 5/29/2009 2:56 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] apartment



Dear colleagues:

I am looking for an apartment to rent or sublet in Moscow from August
23-September 7 (two weeks).

Does anyone have one available, or know someone who knows someone who
knows...

Many thanks.

Michael Katz
Middlebury college
mkatz at middlebury.edu

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